Found 3 items, similar to Dictum.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: dictum
kepustakaan, perkataan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: dictum
dictum
n 1: an authoritative declaration [syn:
pronouncement,
say-so]
2: an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly
bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding
[syn:
obiter dictum]
[also:
dicta (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Dictum
Dictum
\Dic"tum\, n.; pl. L.
Dicta, E.
Dictums. [L., neuter
of dictus, p. p. of dicere to say. See
Diction, and cf.
Ditto.]
1. An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an
apothegm.
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A class of critical dicta everywhere current. --M.
Arnold.
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2. (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. --Bouvier.
(c) An arbitrament or award.
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