pandect
📖 Definitions
noun
1. A complete body of the laws of a country, organization, etc.
2. A comprehensive treatise on a subject.
💬 Usage Examples
“Families were told that students at the near 100-percent African-American elementary school would not be allowed to ‘wear outlandish hairstyles in school,’ as mandated by the improved Saint Rose manual on student pandect.” Michael J. Rochon; School Bans ‘Afro’ Hairdos; Philadelphia Tribune (Pennsylvania); Dec 1, 2000. “The Queen Mother’s death cannot have taken him by surprise, yet, [Andrew Motion] says, he resisted the urge to have his pandect on the national grief written and ready to roll the moment Peter Sissons chose his mauve tie.” Adam Newey; A Turnip Writes; New Statesman (London, UK); Oct 14, 2002.