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Novum judicium non datnovum jus, sed declarat antiquum; quia judicium est juris dictum et per judicium jus est noviter revelatum quod diu fuit velatum
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Dicta
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Kennelworth edict
Kennelworth edict (dictum sive edictum de Kennelworth). An edict or award between Henry III and those who had been in arms against him; so called because made at Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire, anno 51 Hen. 3,...
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Extrajudicial
Extrajudicial [fr. extra and judicium, Lat.], out of the regular course of legal procedure. An extrajudicial dictum is the same as an obiter dictum. See DICTUM.
dicta
dicta pl of dictum
holding
in a case : the pronouncement of law supported by the reasoning in a court's opinion compare decision, dictum, disposition, finding, judgment, opinion, ruling, verdict 2 : any property that is owned or possessed usually used in
judgment
or determination on a matter or case by a court ;esp : final judgment in this entry compare dictum, disposition, finding, holding, opinion, ruling, verdict NOTE: Under Rule 54 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure judgment
obiter dictum
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precedent
that should be followed by a judge when deciding a later similar case see also stare decisis compare dictum NOTE: To serve as precedent for a pending case, a prior decision must have a similar question of
verdict
Anglo-French veirdit statement, finding, verdict, from Old French veir true (from Latin verus) + dit saying, from Latin dictum] 1 : the usually unanimous finding or decision of a jury on one or more matters (as counts
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