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Dictum

noun

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

    "This should not surprise us who know that van Gogh wrote: 'To paint and to love women is incompatible'; van Gogh was right for himself, which does not mean that he was right for everybody, and I will not draw from his dictum the probably incorrect conclusion that 'To paint and to love literature is incompatible.'"

  2. 2
    an authoritative declaration wordnet
  3. 3
    A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.
  4. 4
    an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding wordnet
  5. 5
    The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
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  1. 6
    An arbitrament or award.

Etymology

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

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