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/ˈbɹəʊkəd/ · noun
(law) 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.”
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.
Use brocard when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Brocard means (law) A legal principle usually expressed in Latin, traditionally used to concisely express a wider legal concept or rule..
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The other question was as to the proper legal meaning of the brocard, “heres heredis mei est heres meus.”
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