brocard

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brocard^¹

/ˈbɹəʊkəd/ UK
/ˈbɹəʊkɑːd/ UK
/ˈbɹoʊkɚd/ US
/ˈbɹoʊkɑrd/ US

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Where it comes from

From French brocard, cognate with Medieval Latin brocarda, brocardicorum opus, a collection of canonical laws written by the bishop Burchard of Worms.

noun brocards

A legal principle usually expressed in Latin, traditionally used to concisely express a wider legal concept or rule. The other question was as to the proper legal meaning of the brocard, “heres heredis mei est heres meus.”

Brocard^²

proper noun

A surname.

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noun A legal principle usually expressed in Latin

Français	brocard
Deutsch	Rechtssprichwort

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@misc{brocard_2026,
  title = {brocard},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brocard},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}