Brocard

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  • n. A legal principle usually expressed in Latin, traditionally used to concisely express a wider legal concept or rule.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A law maxim founded on inveterate custom, or borrowed from the Roman law, and accounted part of the common law.
  • n. Hence An elementary principle or maxim; a short proverbial rule; a canon.
    • Word Usage
    "VINCENTEM, ERGO VINCO TE; upon which brocard of law the professor this morning lectured."
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