brocard
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French brocard, cognate with Medieval Latin brocarda, brocardicorum opus, a collection of canonical laws written by the bishop Burchard of Worms.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA: /ˈbɹəʊkəd/, /ˈbɹəʊkɑːd/
- (US) IPA: /ˈbɹoʊkɚd/, /ˈbɹoʊkɑːd/
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,Audio (US) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Homophone: brokered
Noun[edit]
brocard (plural brocards)
- (law) A legal principle usually expressed in Latin, traditionally used to concisely express a wider legal concept or rule.
- 1860, The Journal of Jurisprudence, Edinburgh, vol. IV, p. 414:
- The other question was as to the proper legal meaning of the brocard, “heres heredis mei est heres meus.”
- 1853, Samuel Owen, The New York Legal Observer, vol. XI, pp. 73-4:
- Blackstone, with a like tenderness of conscience, endeavors to withdraw a single case, a sale of provisions, from the old brocard caveat emptor, and tells us that in such a contract there is a warranty that the provisions are wholesome.
- 1860, The Journal of Jurisprudence, Edinburgh, vol. IV, p. 414:
Translations[edit]
A legal principle usually expressed in Latin
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French[edit]
Noun[edit]
brocard m (plural brocards)
