| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| italia | pandetta |
| ranska | digeste, pandecte |
| Monikko | pandects |
(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 CE by order of the Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I (–565).
The title page of Digestorum seu Pandectarum libri quinquaginta ex Florentinis Pandectis repraesentati (The Digest or Fifty Books of the Pandects, represented from the Florentine Pandects), a version of the Pandects published in Florence, Italy, by Lawrence Torrentinus in 1553
(by extension, rare) Also in the plural form pandects: a comprehensive collection of laws; specifically, the whole body of law of a country; a legal code.
Digest excerpt (D. 6.1) about the rei vindicatio compiling the opinions of the Ulpian and Paulus from the 6th-century Littera Florentina.
(by extension, also, figuratively) A treatise or similar work that is comprehensive as to a particular topic; specifically (Christianity) a manuscript of the entire Bible.
An 11th-century manuscript of the pandects of Antiochus of Palestine, a compilation of moral statements.