The dictum from that famous case became the basis for a number of important Supreme Court decisions.
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Dictum
Synonyms for "dictum" (176 found)
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commentconclusioncondemnationconsiderationconventioncrackcreedcurrent sayingdecisiondeclarationdecreedecree-lawdecreementdecretaldecretumdeliverancedeterminationdiagnosisdictatediktat
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It was a Boston critic who echoed the dictum of the French critic—that grammar has no place in the world of letters.
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As Yoda's old dictum goes, "Do or do not. There is no try."
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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.'
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