Pan|dects

Pan|dects «PAN dehkts», noun (plural).

a digest of Roman civil law in 50 books, made by order of Justinian in the 500's, systematizing the decisions and opinions of jurists; Digest.

╂[< Latin pandectes < Greek pandéktēs encyclopedic book (in plural, the Justinian Code); (literally) all-receiver < pan- all + déchesthai receive]