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plural dicta or dictums
An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm. quotations examples
[…] a dictum which he had heard an economics professor once propound […]
1949, Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart, Earth Abides
But this is not the philosophical revolution of which I speak. What Warhol's dictum amounted to was that you cannot tell when something is a work of art just by looking at it, for there is no particular way that art has to look.
1992, Arthur Coleman Danto, Beyond the Brillo Box, University of California Press, page 5
A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it. examples
The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it. examples
An arbitrament or award. examples