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noun

Dictum n. (pl. L. dicta, E. dictums)

An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an apothegm. "A class of critical dicta everywhere current."

(Law)

(a)

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

(b)

(French Law) The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.

(c)

An arbitrament or award.

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Etymology of 'Dictum'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... uti, frui maluit relictaque Roma Campaniam Tarentumque peragrare, ubi mox et ipse et exercitus ardor elanguit adeo ut vere dictum sit Capuam Hannibali Cannas fuisse. Si quidem invictum Alpibus, indomitum armis Campani—quis {5} crederet?—soles et ...

— Helps to Latin Translation at Sight • Edmund Luce

... wide and elastic. On this all writers are agreed. 'The just price of things,' says Aquinas, 'is not fixed with mathematical precision, but depends on a kind of estimate, so that a slight addition or subtraction would not seem to destroy the equality of justice,'[1] Caepolla repeats this dictum, with the reservation that, when the just price is fixed by law, it must be rigorously observed.[2] 'Note,' says Gerson, 'that the equality of commutative justice is not exact or unchangeable, but has a good deal of latitude, within ...

— An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching • George O'Brien

... unreasonableness, angers and a thousand evils and dissensions; fill it and it is a comfort, promoting good-fellowship, kindliness and abounding virtue. Hence, instead of saying of a man—"He has a good heart"—should not the dictum be rather—"He is the happy possessor of an excellent stomach regularly and adequately filled?" For truly how many actions, evil and good, may be directly traced to the influence of this most important organ! Thus, ...

— Peregrine's Progress • Jeffery Farnol

... your stay here," came the ruler's dictum to interrupt his line of thought. "For the first half of that period you will tell me of your world and answer whatever questions I may ask. During the rest of the interval, I will explain some of the things you wish ...

— Raiders of the Universes • Donald Wandrei

... at this time a new philosophic idea was advanced—giving the lie to Miss Francis' dictum that no new thoughts were being thought—which was, briefly, that the Grass was essentially a good thing in itself; that the world had not merely made the best of a bad situation, but had been brought to a beneficent condition through the ...

— Greener Than You Think • Ward Moore

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