Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

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(The). The collection of all the laws of Rome compiled by Tribonian and sixteen assistants, by order of Justinian. It amounted to 2,000 volumes, and was finished in three years (A.D. 533). (See Pandects.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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