pandect in German
pandect in German is Pandekten — pandect means (law) Usually as Pandects: a collection of Roman legal writings put together in the 6th century on the orders of Emperor Justinian.
pandect in German
Pandekten
(Ancient Rome, law, historical) 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).
What does "pandect" mean?
- noun (law) Usually as Pandects: a collection of Roman legal writings put together in the 6th century on the orders of Emperor Justinian.
- noun (law) A complete collection of a country's laws; a legal code.
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noun A work that covers a subject in full, especially a single manuscript containing the whole Bible.
"Pandects, manuscript-volumes containing all the books of the Old and New Testaments, were enormous and very rare."
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- Pandects, manuscript-volumes containing all the books of the Old and New Testaments, were enormous and very rare.
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"pandect" in German is Pandekten. pandect means: (law) Usually as Pandects: a collection of Roman legal writings put together in the 6th century on the orders of Emperor Justinian.
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