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dictum

noun
/ˈdɪk.təm/UK

Etymology

From Latin dictum (“proverb, maxim”), from dictus (“having been said”), perfect passive participle of dico (“to say”). Compare Spanish dicho (“saying”). Doublet of dict.

  1. borrowed from dictum

Definitions

  1. An authoritative statement

    An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.

    • […]a dictum which he had heard an economics professor once propound[…]
    • 1. The utmost in steam producing capacity permitted by weight and dimensions; in other words, capacity to boil water—H. A. Ivatt's old dictum.

  2. A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the…

    A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.

  3. The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. An arbitrament or award.

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Derived

Aristotle's dictum, Judd's dictum, obiter dictum

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