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Brocard

//ˈbɹoʊkɚd// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A legal principle usually expressed in Latin, traditionally used to concisely express a wider legal concept or rule.

    "The other question was as to the proper legal meaning of the brocard, “heres heredis mei est heres meus.”"

Etymology

From French brocard, cognate with Medieval Latin brocarda, brocardicorum opus, a collection of canonical laws written by the bishop Burchard of Worms.

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