(1) A collection of can-ons and imperial laws relative or conform-able thereto. The first nomocanon was made by Johannes Scholastlcus in 554. Photins, patriarch of Constantinople, In 883, compiled another nomocanon. or collation of the dvil laws with the canons; this is the most celebrated. Balsamon wrote a commentary upon it In 1180. (2) A collection of the ancient canous of the apostles, councils, and fathers, without any regard to imperial constitutions. Such is the nomocanon by M. Coteller. Enc. Lond
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
