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==Origin==

==Origin==

[[Latin]], from neuter of ''dictus'', past participle of ''dicere''

[[Latin]], from neuter of ''dictus'', past participle of ''dicere''

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1599]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 1599]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: a noteworthy [[statement]]: as

*1: a noteworthy [[statement]]: as

*''simplex dictum'': an unproved or [[dogmatic]] statement.

*''simplex dictum'': an unproved or [[dogmatic]] statement.

In [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_law English law], a ''dictum'' is any [[statement]] made as part of a [[judgment]] of a [[court]]. Thus the term includes ''dicta'' merely in passing (referred to as ''obiter dicta'') that are not a necessary part of the reason for the court's [[decision]] (referred to as the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratio_decidendi ratio decidendi]''). English lawyers do not, as a rule, categorise dicta more finely than into those that are ''obiter'' and those that are not.  

In [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_law English law], a ''dictum'' is any [[statement]] made as part of a [[judgment]] of a [[court]]. Thus the term includes ''dicta'' merely in passing (referred to as ''obiter dicta'') that are not a necessary part of the reason for the court's [[decision]] (referred to as the ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratio_decidendi ratio decidendi]''). English lawyers do not, as a rule, categorise dicta more finely than into those that are ''obiter'' and those that are not.  

[[Category: Law]]

[[Category: Law]]