Brocard

Quick meaning: Brocard is a noun meaning (law) A legal principle usually expressed in Latin, traditionally used to concisely express a wider legal concept or rule.

Meaning

(law) A legal principle usually expressed in Latin, traditionally used to concisely express a wider legal concept or rule.

Example Sentences

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

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.

Word Forms

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include common law, outbranch, code, lawcode, squib, brief.

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