'Dictum' definitions:
Definition of 'dictum'
From: WordNet
noun
An authoritative declaration [syn: pronouncement, dictum, say-so]
noun
An opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding [syn: obiter dictum, dictum]
Definition of 'Dictum'
From: GCIDE
- Dictum \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. [1913 Webster]
- A class of critical dicta everywhere current. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dictum'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- say-so,
- saying,
- 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