brocard Meaning, Definition & Usage

Broc"ard noun

Etymology

Perh. fr. Brocardica, Brocardicorum opus, a collection of ecclesiastical canons by Burkhard, Bishop of Worms, called, by the Italians and French, Brocard.

Definitions

1. 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.