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brocard

UK/ˈbɹəʊkəd//ˈbɹoʊkɚd/

brocard noun: a legal principle usually expressed in Latin, traditionally used to concisely express a wider legal concept or rule.

Noun

brocard (plural brocards)

  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.”1860, “The Journal of Jurisprudence”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume IV, Edinburgh, page 414
    • 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

Proper noun capitalized: Brocard

Brocard

  1. A surname.

brocard meaning in Tamil

brocard in Tamil

அடிப்படைச்சட்டம், மூலவிதி

Forms of brocard

pluralbrocards

Origin of brocard

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

Words formed from brocard

Phrases with brocard

Questions about brocard

What does brocard mean?
Brocard means a legal principle usually expressed in Latin, traditionally used to concisely express a wider legal concept or rule.
What is brocard in Tamil?
Brocard in Tamil is அடிப்படைச்சட்டம், மூலவிதி. See Brocard meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is brocard?
Brocard can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce brocard?
Brocard is pronounced /ˈbɹəʊkəd/ (UK).
What is the plural of brocard?
The plural of brocard is brocards.

Words near brocard in the dictionary

  1. brocades
  2. brocading
  3. brocadings
  4. brocage
  5. brocages
  6. brocard
  7. Brocard circle
  8. Brocard circles
  9. Brocard point
  10. Brocard points
  11. Brocard triangle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brocard (page history and authors); Brocard (page history and authors); brocard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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