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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dictum \Dic"tum\, noun; 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dictum
noun
1: an authoritative declaration [syn: {pronouncement}, {say-so}]
2: an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding [syn: {obiter dictum}] [also: {dicta} (pl)]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
162 Moby Thesaurus words for "dictum": Parthian shot, a priori truth, action, adage, address, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, ana, analects, announcement, annunciation, answer, aphorism, apostrophe, apothegm, appointment, assertion, asseveration, averment, avouchment, avowal, award, axiom, brevet, brocard, bull, byword, canon, catchword, code, collected sayings, commandment, comment, conclusion, condemnation, consideration, convention, crack, creed, current saying, decision, declaration, decree, decree-law, decreement, decretal, decretum, deliverance, determination, diagnosis, dictate, diktat, distich, doom, edict, edictum, enunciation, epigram, exclamation, expression, fiat, finding, form, formula, general principle, gnome, golden rule, golden saying, greeting, guideline, guiding principle, imperative, interjection, ipse dixit, law, manifesto, maxim, mention, mitzvah, moral, mot, motto, norm, note, observation, oracle, order, ordinance, ordonnance, phrase, pithy saying, position, position paper, positive declaration, postulate, precedent, precept, predicate, predication, prescript, principium, principle, proclamation, profession, prognosis, pronouncement, pronunciamento, proposition, protest, protestation, proverb, proverbial saying, proverbs, question, reflection, regulation, remark, rescript, resolution, rubric, rule, ruling, saw, say, say-so, saying, self-evident truth, senatus consult, senatus consultum, sentence, sententious expression, settled principle, sloka, stance, stand, standard, statement, stock saying, subjoinder, sutra, teaching, tenet, text, theorem, thought, truism, truth, ukase, universal truth, utterance, verdict, verse, vouch, wisdom, wisdom literature, wise saying, witticism, word, words of wisdom, working principle, working rule
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