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Brocard
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What's The Definition Of Brocard?Synonyms | Synonyms for Brocard: Related Terms | Find terms related to Brocard: See Also | Brocard In Webster's Dictionary \Broc"ard\, n. [Perh. fr. Brocardica, Brocardicorum
opus, a collection of ecclesiastical canons by Burkhard,
Bishop of Worms, called, by the Italians and French,
Brocard.]
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.
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