Hypertext Webster Gateway: "dicta"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Dicta \Dic"ta\, n. pl. [L.]
See {Dictum}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Dictum \Dic"tum\, n.; pl. L. {Dicta}, E. {Dictums}. [L., neuter
of dictus, p. p. of dicere to say. See {Diction}, and cf.
{Ditto}.]
1. An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an
apothegm.

A class of critical dicta everywhere current. --M.
Arnold.

2. (Law)
(a) A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that
do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not
involved in it.
(b) (French Law) The report of a judgment made by one of
the judges who has given it. --Bouvier.
(c) An arbitrament or award.

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