Pandect is a noun referring to a complete code of laws or a treatise covering an entire subject. The original term, 'Pandectae', was a massive digest of Roman civil law from the 6th century, derived from the Greek 'pandektēs' (all-receiving).
Pandect es un sustantivo que se refiere a un código completo de leyes o a un tratado que cubre un tema entero. El término original, 'Pandectae', fue un extenso compendio de derecho civil romano del siglo VI, derivado del griego 'pandektēs' (que lo recibe todo).
| Front | pandect \PAN-dekt\ |
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| Back | noun 1. A complete code of the laws of a country or system of law. 2. A treatise covering an entire subject. [The original pandect was the "Pandectae," a massive fifty-volume digest of Roman civil law that was created under the emperor Justinian in the 6th century. The Latin word "pandectae" is the plural of "pandectes," which means "encyclopedic work" or "book that contains everything." "Pandectes" in turn derives from the Greek "pandektēs" ("all-receiving"), from "pan-" ("all") and "dechesthai" ("to receive"). When the word "pandect" first cropped up in English in the mid-16th century, it referred to the complete code of laws of a particular country or system. Its "comprehensive treatise" sense developed later that century.] "Stability and support operations are not, within the pandect of modern conflict, considered war at all but 'military operations other than war,'...." — From an article by Tom Bissell in Harper’s Magazine, January 2006 |
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