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Definition of Dictum

1. Noun. An authoritative declaration.

2. Noun. An opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding.

Definition of Dictum

1. n. An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an apothegm.

Definition of Dictum

1. Noun. An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm. ¹

2. Noun. A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it. ¹

3. Noun. The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it. ¹

4. Noun. An arbitrament or award. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dictum

1. an authoritative statement [n -TA or -TUMS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dictum

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Literary usage of Dictum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic by William Hamilton (1860)
"What is the dictum (To Kullo?—When nothing can be subsumed under the ... dictum do Omni et Nullo does not apply, 1°, To the other Figures than the First. ..."

2. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1905)
"The dictum de Kenilworth, ... Despite their long-deferred submission, the garrison was admitted to the terms of the dictum. Even then resistance was not yet ..."

3. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1905)
"A document drawn up in the camp at Kenilworth received the approval of parliament and was published on October 31. The dictum de ..."

4. The History of England from the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of by Thomas Frederick Tout (1905)
"The dictum de Kenilworth, as it was called, was largely taken up with assertions of the authorit^.of.ihe. crpw.n, and denunciations of the memory of Earl ..."

5. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1920)
""ISN'T Arthur Symons' dictum that 'Madame Bovary' cannot be translated rather a sweeping and dubious statement?" Alfred A. Knopf asked Burton Rascoe, ..."

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