Definition of Brocerd
Broc"ard (&?;), n. [Perh. fr.
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.
The legal brocard, "Falsus in uno, falsus in
omnibus," is a rule not more applicable to other witness than to
consciousness.
Sir W. Hamilton.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (law) a legal principle usually expressed in Latin, traditionally used to concisely express a wider legal concept or rule.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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