Brocard (Law)

A Brocard (Law) is a Legal Maxim that summarizes a legal principle or rule.

• AKA: Law Brocard.
• Example(s):
  • Caveat Emptor,
  • Stare Decisis.
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Legislative Statute,
  • Judicial Ruling,
  • Contractual Clause.
• See: Legal principle, Jurisprudence, Case law.

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References

2023

• (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brocard_(law) Retrieved:2023-8-21.
  • A brocard is a legal maxim in Latin that is, in a strict sense, derived from traditional legal authorities, even from ancient Rome. According to the dictionaries, the word is a variant of the Latinized name of Burchard of Worms (died AD 1025), Bishop of Worms, Germany, who compiled 20 volumes of Ecclesiastical Rules, although some sources disagree.

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