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

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  1. n. An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 notmore applicable to other witness than to consciousness. Sir W.Hamilton.
  4. n. An elementary principle or maximum; a short, proverbial rule, in law, ethics, or metaphysics.