Meaning of DICTUM
| Pronunciation: | | 'diktum
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [n] an authoritative declaration
- [n] an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding
|
| |
| | Synonyms: | | obiter dictum, pronouncement, say-so |
| |
| | See Also: | | declaration, directive, judgement, judgment, opinion | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \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.
A class of critical dicta everywhere current. --M.
Arnold.
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.
|
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | a priori truth, action, adage, address, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, ana, analects, announcement, annunciation, answer, aphorism, apostrophe, apothegm, appointment, assertion, asseveration, averment, avouchment, avowal, award, axiom, brevet, brocard, bull, byword, canon, catchword, code, collected sayings, commandment, comment, conclusion, condemnation, consideration, convention, crack, creed, current saying, decision, declaration, decree, decree-law, decreement, decretal, decretum, deliverance, determination, diagnosis, dictate, diktat, distich, doom, edict, edictum, enunciation, epigram, exclamation, expression, fiat, finding, form, formula, general principle, gnome, golden rule, golden saying, greeting, guideline, guiding principle, imperative, interjection, ipse dixit, law, manifesto, maxim, mention, mitzvah, moral, mot, motto, norm, note, observation, oracle, order, ordinance, ordonnance, Parthian shot, phrase, pithy saying, position, position paper, positive declaration, postulate, precedent, precept, predicate, predication, prescript, principium, principle, proclamation, profession, prognosis, pronouncement, pronunciamento, proposition, protest, protestation, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, question, reflection, regulation, remark, rescript, resolution, rubric, rule, ruling, saw, say, saying, say-so, self-evident truth, senatus consult, senatus consultum, sentence, sententious expression, settled principle, sloka, stance, stand, standard, statement, stock saying, subjoinder, sutra, teaching, tenet, text, theorem, thought, truism, truth, ukase, universal truth, utterance, verdict, verse, vouch, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying, witticism, word, words of wisdom, working principle, working rule |
| |
|
|
|