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| − | In academic English the preferred plural of '''dictum''' is '''dict<big>a</big>'''. (See [[-a in Latin]].) Although OED records <strike>dictums</strike> as also existing,it is not recommended in academic writing.
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| − | Its original meaning in Latin was simply ‘something said’. In academic writing, it most often has “the implication of a formal pronouncement claiming or carrying some authority†(OED). This sense seems to derive from OED’s sense b.: “In Law, An expression of opinion by a judge on matter of law, which is not the formal resolution or determination of a court†– in other words something which a judge says in court on a matter not directly to do with the case being judged, but something on which she or he may nevertheless be quoted as an authority by lawyers.
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