BROCARD

Etymology

Noun

brocard (plural brocards)

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

Source: Wiktionary

Broc"ard, n. Etym: [Perh. fr. Brocardica, Brocardicorum opus, a collection of ecclesiastical canons by Burkhard, Bishop of Worms, called, by the Italians and French, Brocard.]

Definition: An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics. The legal brocard, "Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus," is a rule not more applicable to other witness than to consciousness. Sir W. Hamilton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition