Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
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
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