Dictum
['dɪktəm]
Definition
(n.) An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an apothegm.
(n.) A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.
(n.) The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
(n.) An arbitrament or award.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. (L. pl. Dicta.) [1]. Saying, assertion, affirmation.[2]. (Law.) Extrajudicial opinion.
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Definition
n. something said: a saying: an authoritative saying:—pl. Dic′ta.
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Examples
- The key to German historical teaching is to be found in Count Moltke's dictum: Perpetual peace is a dream, and it is not even a beautiful dream. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- As evidence in court its word cannot be doubted, and the witness confronted by his own utterances from the phonograph must yield to its infallible dictum. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The ten commandments were less binding in her eyes than her surgeon's dictum. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- And that sight kept men speculating, in spite of all the figures and scientific dicta of the ages. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Undaunted by the dicta of contemporaneous science, Mr. Edison attacked the dynamo problem with his accustomed vigor and thoroughness. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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