Dictum
WordNet
noun
(1) An authoritative declaration
(2) An opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding
WiktionaryText
Noun
- An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
- 1949, Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart, Earth Abides
- ...a dictum which he had heard an economics professor once propound...
- 1949, Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart, Earth Abides
- A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.
- The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
- An arbitrament or award.
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Noun
- a word, saying, something said
- proverb, maxim
- bon mot, witticism
- verse, poetry
- a prophesy, prediction
- order, command
- promise, assurance
Related terms
- dīcō
- dictābolārium
- dictāmen
- dictāta
- dictātiō
- dictātiuncula
- dictātor
- dictātōrius
- dictātrīx
- dictātūra
- dictiō
- dictiōnārium
- dictiōsus
- dictitō
- dictō
- dictus