Dictum

Dictum - Other Definitions

• (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.
  
  
• (pl. ) of Dictum