Dictum
nounid
45807·updated May 18, 2026verified
an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding
polysemous
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Variants
- synonym
- obiter dictumsay-so
- plural
- Dicta
- possessive
- Dictum's
- pluralpossessive
- Dicta's
Framework definitions
- §1
- an authoritative declaration
- §2
- an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding
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