Dictum

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun An arbitrament or award.

II. Dictum ·noun The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.

III. Dictum ·noun An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an Apothegm.

IV. Dictum ·noun A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.

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