Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DI'GEST
DI'GEST, n. [L. digestus, put in order.]
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- A collection or body of Roman laws, digested or arranged under proper titles by order of the Emperor Justinian. A pandect.
- Any collection, compilation, abridgment or summary of laws, disposed under proper heads or titles; as, the digest of Comyns.
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