(chiefly historical)a complete body of the laws of a country (主史)(一国的)法典;法令大全 ■(一般作 the Pandects)a compendium in 50 books of the Roman civil law made by order of Justinian in the 6th century 《法学汇编》(6世纪查士丁尼一世下令编纂的古罗马民法汇编,共50卷)
派生 pandectist noun 语源
mid 16th cent.: from French pandecte, from Latin pandecta, from Greek pandektēs 'all-receiver', from pan 'all' + dektēs (from dekhesthai 'receive')