Definition of Dictom
||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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an apothegm.
- A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.
- The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
- An arbitrament or award.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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