Justinian Code
a famous digest of the Roman law, compiled from the Gregorian, Theodorian, and Hermogenian codes, at the command of the Emperor Justinian I., by 10 of the ablest lawyers of his reign, under the guidance of the . Their labors consisted (1) of the "Statute Law," or Justinian Code , properly so called; (2) the "Pandects," a digest of the decisions JUTLAND and opinions of former magistrates and lawyers-these two compilations consisted of matter that lay scattered through more than 2,000 volumes, now reduced to 50; (3) the "Institutes," an four books, containing the substance of all the laws in an elementary form ; (4) the laws of modern date, including Justinian's own edicts, col- "New Code." These labors, which a lected into one volume, and called the Cæsar had not been able to accomplish, were completed by the year 541. a Corchorus capsularis, a plant belonging