[law] A brocard is a legal principle expressed in Latin (and often derived from past legal authorities or Roman Law), which is traditionally used to express concisely a wider legal concept or rule. The name comes from the Latinized name of Burchard (died 1025), bishop of Worms, Germany, who compiled 20 volumes of Ecclesiastical Rules. ==His...
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elementary law or principle; canon; axiom; maxim
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• (n.) An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics.
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An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics. 'The legal brocard, 'Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus,' is a rule not more applicable to other witness than to consciousness.' (Sir W. Hamilton) ... Origin: Perh. Fr. Brocardica, Brocardicorum opus, a collection of ecclesiastical canons by Burkhard, Bishop...
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Broc'ard noun [ Perh. from
Brocardica ,
Brocardicorum opus, a collection of ecclesiastical canons by
Burkhard , Bishop of Worms, called, by the Italians and French,
Brocard .] An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics.
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