dictum
noun
1 dictum
An authoritative declaration.
synonyms: pronouncement, say-so.
Roget 496:
maxim,
aphorism;
apothegm,
apophthegm†;
dictum,
saying,
adage,
saw,
proverb;
sentence,
mot [Fr.],
motto,
word,
byword,
moral,
phylactery,
protasis†.
axiom,
theorem,
scholium†,
truism,
postulate.
first principles,
a priori fact,
assumption
(supposition)
514.
reflection
etc.
(idea)
453;
conclusion
etc.
(judgment)
480;
golden rule
etc.
(precept)
697;
principle,
principia [Lat.];
profession of faith
etc.
(belief)
484;
settled principle,
accepted principle,
formula.
accepted fact.
received truth,
wise maxim,
sage maxim,
received maxim,
admitted maxim,
recognized maxim
&c.;
true saying,
common saying,
hackneyed saying,
trite saying,
commonplace saying
etc.
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Roget 535:
affirmance,
affirmation;
statement,
allegation,
assertion,
predication,
declaration,
word,
averment;
confirmation.
asseveration,
adjuration,
swearing,
oath,
affidavit;
deposition
etc.
(record)
551;
avouchment;
assurance;
protest,
protestation;
profession;
acknowledgment
etc.
(assent)
488;
legal pledge,
pronouncement;
solemn averment,
solemn avowal,
solemn declaration.
remark,
observation;
position
etc.
(proposition)
514,
saying,
dictum,
sentence,
ipse dixit [Lat.].
emphasis;
weight;
dogmatism
etc.
(certainty)
474;
dogmatics
etc.
887.
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Roget 741:
command,
order,
ordinance,
act,
fiat,
hukm†,
bidding,
dictum,
hest†,
behest,
call,
beck,
nod.
despatch,
dispatch;
message,
direction,
injunction,
charge,
instructions;
appointment,
fixture.
demand,
exaction,
imposition,
requisition,
claim,
reclamation,
revendication†;
ultimatum
etc.
(terms)
770;
request
etc.
765;
requirement.
dictation;
dictate,
mandate;
caveat,
decree,
senatus consultum [Lat.];
precept;
prescript,
rescript;
writ,
ordination,
bull,
ex cathedra pronouncement [Lat.],
edict,
decretal†,
dispensation,
prescription,
brevet,
placit†,
ukase,
ukaz [Rus.],
firman,
hatti-sherif†,
warrant,
passport,
mittimus,
mandamus,
summons,
subpoena,
nisi prius [Lat.],
interpellation,
citation;
word,
word of command;
mot d'ordre [Fr.];
bugle call,
trumpet call;
beat of drum,
tattoo;
order of the day;
enactment
etc.
(law)
963;
plebiscite
etc.
(choice)
609.
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Dutch: verklaring
2 dictum
An opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding.
synonym: obiter dictum.
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