Meanings
brocard1
plural brocards
- lawA 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.”
1860, “The Journal of Jurisprudence”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume IV, Edinburgh, page 4141 more example
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.
1853, Samuel Owen, “The New York Legal Observer”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume XI, pages 73–4
Brocard2
- A surname.
Origin
- Frenchbrocard
- Englishbrocard
From French brocard, cognate with Medieval Latin brocarda, brocardicorum opus, a collection of canonical laws written by the bishop Burchard of Worms.
More words from French
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French brocard
- brocardA legal principle usually expressed in Latin
German Rechtssprichwort
- RechtssprichwortA legal principle usually expressed in Latin
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brocard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brocard
“brocard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brocard. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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