āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Dictum
01
āĻāĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻ¤āĻŋ
a formal statement issued by an authoritative source
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The court âs dictum on the case set a precedent for future rulings in similar legal matters.
āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§āĻ° dictum āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻŽāĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤
an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
