pandectist

Meanings

Adjective

• Pertaining to the Pandects compiled under the Roman emperor Justinian I.
• Pertaining to the German adaptation of Roman law in the early sixteenth century.

Noun

• An expert on the Pandects compiled under the Roman emperor Justinian I.
• A proponent or developer of a complete code of laws of a country, especially of the German pandestic law.

Origin

• pandect + -ist