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dictum

— noun (= pronouncement) an authoritative declaration

— noun (= obiter dictum) an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding

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adage

statement

saying

aphorism

utterance

saw

proverb

pronouncement

motto

maxim

epigram

sentence

say-so

order

opinion

obiter dictum

expression

edict

decree

command

byword

verbalization

story

slogan

representation

rendering

proposition

proclaimation

precept

pleading

phrase

oration

message

instruction

idiom

gnome

formula

figure

fiat

epigraph

dicta

description

axiom

apophthegm

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