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单词 pandect
释义

pandect

[ pan-dekt ]
/ ˈpæn dɛkt /
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noun

pandects, a complete body or code of laws.
a complete and comprehensive digest.
Pandects, Roman Law. digest (def. 12b).

Origin of pandect

1525–35; <Late Latin Pandectēs<Greek pandéktēs all-receiver (pan-pan- + déktēs receiver, container, encyclopedia)

Words nearby pandect

Pandarus, Pandavas, P&E, Pandean, Pandean pipes, pandect, Pandects of Justinian, pandemic, pandemonium, pander, P and H
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Example sentences from the Web for pandect

  • This eminent Italian writer cites, in proof of this statement, Pothier, Pandect.

    The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, Vol. II (of II)|Walter M. Chandler
  • It was published in fifty books, under the title (p. 087) Digesta or Pandect.

    Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 of 8|Various
  • He was himself ignorant of any difference in the bank-notes and also of the misplacement of the Pandect volumes.

    Ursula|Honore de Balzac

British Dictionary definitions for pandect

pandect
/ (ˈpændɛkt) /

noun

a treatise covering all aspects of a particular subject
(often plural) the complete body of laws of a country; legal code

Word Origin for pandect

C16: via Late Latin from Greek pandektēs containing everything, from pan- + dektēs receiver, from dekhesthai to receive
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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