pandect

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim Usually in the plural form Pandects: a compendium or digest of writings on Roman law divided in 50 books, compiled in the 6th century C.E. by order of the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I (c. 482–565).

   “After upwards of Thirty Years Study, and a painful Induſtry, in compiling A New Pandect or Complete Body of the Roman Civil Law; the Firſt Volume of this Undertaking craves Leave to appear in the World under the Patronage and Protection of your Lordſhip, [...]”

2. isim Also in the plural form pandects: a comprehensive collection of laws; specifically, the whole body of law of a country; a legal code.

   “Give me the Pandects of the Law Divine, / Such was the Law made Moſes face to ſhine.”

3. isim A treatise or similar work that is comprehensive as to a particular topic; specifically (Christianity) a manuscript of the entire Bible.

   “The table of contents which we inſert here will give a juſt idea of the method with which this ſmall pandect of morality is compoſed.”