brocard

French - English

Definition of brocard in French English dictionary

{n} lampoon, harsh satire, something which ridicules or makes fun of a person

English - English

Definition of brocard in English English dictionary

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

Blackstone, with a like tenderness of conscience, endeavors to withdraw a single case, a sale of provisions, from the old brocard caveat emptor, and tells us that in such a contract there is a warranty that the provisions are wholesome.

An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics

Etymology

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