noun. An authoritative, often formal pronouncement.

noun. A side remark made in a judicial opinion that is not necessary for the decision in the case and therefore is not to be regarded as establishing the law of the case or setting legal precedent.

noun. A positive or judicial assertion; an authoritative saying.

noun. In law, an opinion of a judge which does not embody the resolution or determination of the court, and is made without argument, or full consideration of the point, and is not the professed deliberate determination of the judge himself.

noun. In logic, that part of a modal proposition which consists of the proposition to which the modality is applied.

noun. Synonyms Aphorism, Axiom, Maxim, etc. See aphorism.

noun. An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an apothegm.

noun. undefined

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

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

noun. An arbitrament or award.

noun. An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.

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

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

noun. An arbitrament or award.

noun. an authoritative declaration

noun. an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding

"But if three people do it -- can you imagine, three people walking in and saying, this dictum is a pile of horseshit, singing it in harmony -- why, then we got ourselves a movement!"

dictum de omni et de nullo  dictum of kenilworth  dictum simpliciter  obiter dicta  

judgement  judgment  legal opinion  opinion  

victim  

Ulla  adage  affirm  aliud  amante  

Parthian shot  a priori truth  action  adage  address  

dicta