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
We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control
our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we
are then master of the situation.