A compilation of Roman law, consisting of selected pussages from the writings of the most authoritative of the older jurists, methodically arranged, pre-pared by Tribonian with the assistance of sixteen associates, under a commission from the emperor Justinian. This work, which I£ otherwise called the “Digest,” comprises fif-ty books, and is one of the four great works composing the Corpus Juris Civilis. It wad first published in A. D. 533
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
