Associations to the word «Dictum»
Noun
- Pr
- Tor
- Quid
- Ut
- Axiom
- Descartes
- Rabbinic
- Aristotle
- Tors
- Maxim
- Ruling
- Ruskin
- Fallacy
- Qu
- Assertion
- Obscenity
- Razor
- Clause
- Dissent
- Southland
- Fascism
- Lingua
- Utterance
- Alia
- Aquinas
- Faa
- Opinion
- Waiver
- Inference
- Lenin
- Lat
- Sine
- Contra
- Modus
- Doctrine
- Amendment
- Homo
- Statute
- Quotation
- Sutherland
- Jurisdiction
- Freud
- Court
- Disregard
- Judgment
- Principle
- Arbitration
- Intellect
- Validity
- Augustine
- Justice
- Generalization
- Torah
- Cooke
- Statement
- Proposition
- Decision
- Dictatorship
- Buyer
- Eliot
- Prophet
- Compromise
- Marshall
- Remark
- Bail
- Rebel
Adjective
Wiktionary
DICTUM, noun. An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
DICTUM, noun. A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.
DICTUM, noun. The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
DICTUM, noun. An arbitrament or award.
Dictionary definition
DICTUM, noun. An authoritative declaration.
DICTUM, noun. An opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.