In the Roman law. Alterations, modifications, and additions to the writings of the older jurists,selected to make up the body of the Pandects, introduced by Tribonian and hisassociates who constituted the commission appointed for that purpose, with a view toharmonize contradictions, exscind obsolete matter, and make the whole conform to thelaw as understood in Justinian’s time, were called by this name. Mackeld. Rom. Law,