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Definition of Pandect
1. n. A treatise which comprehends the whole of any science.
Definition of Pandect
1. Noun. A treatise or similar work that is comprehensive as to a particular topic. ¹
2. Noun. A comprehensive collection of codes or laws. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pandect
1. a complete body of laws [n -S]
Medical Definition of Pandect
1. 1. A treatise which comprehends the whole of any science. "[Thou] a pandect mak'st, and universal book." (Donne) 2. The digest, or abridgment, in fifty books, of the decisions, writings, and opinions of the old Roman jurists, made in the sixth century by direction of the emperor Justinian, and forming the leading compilation of the Roman civil law. Origin: L. Pandecta, pandectes, Gr. All-receiving, all-containing, all + to receive: cf. F. Pandectes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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Literary usage of Pandect
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1. Select Cases on the Law of Torts: With Notes, and a Summary of Principles by John Henry Wigmore (1912)
"A New pandect of the Roman Civil Law. (1734. Book IV, Tit. XXXIV, p. 594.)
Properly speaking, an injury is not done to a ..."
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