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pandect

[ pan-dekt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

pandect

/ ˈpændɛkt /

Origin of pandect¹

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

Origin of pandect¹

C16: via Late Latin from Greek pandektēs containing everything, from pan- + dektēs receiver, from dekhesthai to receive

He was himself ignorant of any difference in the bank-notes and also of the misplacement of the Pandect volumes.

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

It was published in fifty books, under the title (p. 087) Digesta or Pandect.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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