Definition of pandectist in US English:

noun

• See pandect

  Example sentences

  • ‘The German civil code was later; the pandectists, including Savigny, had had another century to refine their ideas.’
  • ‘A strong argument may also be made that the pandectist jurisprudence of Continental Europe presents an example of the use of doctrinal expositions as primary sources of law.’
  • ‘One researcher presented a reconstruction of the Roman political system orientated around the premises of the contemporary pandectist system.’