1. Body of laws of a country 
2. A treatise which comprehends the whole of any subject

Derived forms: pandects

• dead to the world
• dead weight
• dead-air space
• dead-end
• dead-end street
• dead-man's float
• dead-man's-fingers
• dead-men's-fingers
• dead-on
• deadbeat
• deadbeat dad
• deadbolt
• deaden
• deadened
• deadening
• deadeye
• deadhead
• deadlight
• deadline
• deadliness
• deadlock
• deadlocked
• deadly
• deadly nightshade
• deadly sin