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Dicta or dictum
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Dicta or dictumLatin: an observation by a judge on a matter not specifically before the court or not necessary in determining the issue before the court; a side opinion which does not form part of the judgment for the purposes of stare decisis. May also be called "obiter dictum."
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Judge
An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
Matter
Some substantial or essential thing, opposed to form; facts.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Issue
1) Kindred. This term is of very extensive import, in its most enlarged signification, and includes all persons who have descended from a common ancestor. But when this word is used in a will, in order to give effect to the testator's intention it will be construed in a more restricted sense than its legal import conveys. 2) Pleading. An issue, in pleading, is defined to be a single, certain and material point issuing out of the allegations of the parties, and consisting, regularly, of an affirmative and negative. In common parlance, issue also signifies the entry of the pleadings.
Opinion
1) Practice. A declaration by a counsel to his client of what the law is, according to his judgment, on a statement of facts submitted to him. The paper upon which an opinion is written is, by a figure of speech, also called an opinion. 2) Evidence. An inference made, or conclusion drawn, by a witness from facts known to him. 3) Judgment. A collection of reasons delivered by a judge for giving the judgment he is about to pronounce the judgment itself is sometimes called an opinion.
Judgment
Practice. The decision or sentence of the law, given by a court of justice or other competent tribunal, as the result of proceedings instituted therein, for the redress of an injury.
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Dictator
Civil law. A Magistrate at Rome invested with absolute power.
Dictum
Latin. A saying, observation, remark. Plural, dicta. 1. A voluntary statement; a comment. 2. An opinion expressed by a judge on a point not necessarily arising in a case.
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Devise
The transfer or conveyance of real property by will.
Devisee
A person to whom a devise has been made.
Devoir
Duty.
Devolution
Ecclesiastical law. The transfer, by forfeiture, of a right and power which a person has to another, on account of some act or negligence of the person who is vested with such right or power.
Dicey
Albert Vein Dicey. As Vinerian professor of English law at Oxford (1882-1909), Dicey published his three most influential works: the Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution (1885); Conflict of Laws (1896); and Law and Opinion in the Nineteenth Century (1905). Today, Dicey & Morris, The Conflict of Laws, 13 Ed. (2000) is the classic text on fixed rules solving conflict of law problems in England.
Dicta or dictum
Dictator
Civil law. A Magistrate at Rome invested with absolute power.
Dictum
Latin. A saying, observation, remark. Plural, dicta. 1. A voluntary statement; a comment. 2. An opinion expressed by a judge on a point not necessarily arising in a case.
Dies
A day. There are four sorts of days: 1) A natural day; as, the morning and the evening made the first day. 2) An artificial day; that is, from day-break until twilight in the evening. 3) An astrological day, dies astrologicus, from sun to sun. 4) A legal day, which is dies juridicus, and dies non juridicus.
Dies a quo
The day from which.
Dies ad quem
The day to which.
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Judge
An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
Matter
Some substantial or essential thing, opposed to form; facts.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Issue
1) Kindred. This term is of very extensive import, in its most enlarged signification, and includes all persons who have descended from a common ancestor. But when this word is used in a will, in order to give effect to the testator's intention it will be construed in a more restricted sense than its legal import conveys. 2) Pleading. An issue, in pleading, is defined to be a single, certain and material point issuing out of the allegations of the parties, and consisting, regularly, of an affirmative and negative. In common parlance, issue also signifies the entry of the pleadings.
Opinion
1) Practice. A declaration by a counsel to his client of what the law is, according to his judgment, on a statement of facts submitted to him. The paper upon which an opinion is written is, by a figure of speech, also called an opinion. 2) Evidence. An inference made, or conclusion drawn, by a witness from facts known to him. 3) Judgment. A collection of reasons delivered by a judge for giving the judgment he is about to pronounce the judgment itself is sometimes called an opinion.
Judgment
Practice. The decision or sentence of the law, given by a court of justice or other competent tribunal, as the result of proceedings instituted therein, for the redress of an injury.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Dictator
Civil law. A Magistrate at Rome invested with absolute power.
Dictum
Latin. A saying, observation, remark. Plural, dicta. 1. A voluntary statement; a comment. 2. An opinion expressed by a judge on a point not necessarily arising in a case.
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Devise
The transfer or conveyance of real property by will.
Devisee
A person to whom a devise has been made.
Devoir
Duty.
Devolution
Ecclesiastical law. The transfer, by forfeiture, of a right and power which a person has to another, on account of some act or negligence of the person who is vested with such right or power.
Dicey
Albert Vein Dicey. As Vinerian professor of English law at Oxford (1882-1909), Dicey published his three most influential works: the Introduction to the Study of the Law of the Constitution (1885); Conflict of Laws (1896); and Law and Opinion in the Nineteenth Century (1905). Today, Dicey & Morris, The Conflict of Laws, 13 Ed. (2000) is the classic text on fixed rules solving conflict of law problems in England.
Dicta or dictum
Dictator
Civil law. A Magistrate at Rome invested with absolute power.
Dictum
Latin. A saying, observation, remark. Plural, dicta. 1. A voluntary statement; a comment. 2. An opinion expressed by a judge on a point not necessarily arising in a case.
Dies
A day. There are four sorts of days: 1) A natural day; as, the morning and the evening made the first day. 2) An artificial day; that is, from day-break until twilight in the evening. 3) An astrological day, dies astrologicus, from sun to sun. 4) A legal day, which is dies juridicus, and dies non juridicus.
Dies a quo
The day from which.
Dies ad quem
The day to which.
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