名詞 dictum:

1. an authoritative declaration
   同義詞：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
   同義詞：obiter dictum

dic.tum

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 dic.ta[-t…] 或 dic.tums
An authoritative, often formal, pronouncement:
聲明：一種權(quán)威性的，常常是正式的聲明：
例句：
.He cites Augustine`s dictum that ‘If you understand it, it is not God’.(Joseph Sobran)
.他援引奧古斯丁的最后聲明‘如果你了解它，它就不是神了’.(約瑟夫·索布蘭)

Law See obiter dictum
【法律】 參見(jiàn) obiter dictum

來(lái)源：
Latin [from neuter past participle of] docere [to say] * see deik-
拉丁語(yǔ) [] 源自docere的中性過(guò)去分詞 [說(shuō)] *參見(jiàn) deik-