brocardとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈbɹəʊkəd/, /ˈbɹəʊkɑːd/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈbɹoʊkɚd/, /ˈbɹoʊkɑrd/
• Homophone: brokered

名詞

brocard (plural brocards)

1. (law) A legal principle usually expressed in Latin, traditionally used to concisely express a wider legal concept or rule.
   • 1860, “The Journal of Jurisprudence”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume IV, Edinburgh, page 414:

     The other question was as to the proper legal meaning of the brocard, “heres heredis mei est heres meus.”

   • 1853, Samuel Owen, “The New York Legal Observer”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume XI, pages 73–4:

     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.

派生語

• brocardic