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DictumLatin. 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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Plural
A term used in grammar, which signifies more than one.
Voluntary
Willingly; done with one's consent; negligently.
Statement
Pleading and in practice. In the courts of Pennsylvania, by the act to regulate arbitrations and proceedings in courts of justice, is enacted, "that in all cases where a suit may be brought in any court of record for the recovery of any debt founded on a verbal promise, book account, note, bond, penal or single bill, or all or any of them, and which from the amount thereof may not be cognizable before a justice of the peace, it shall be the duty of the plaintiff, either by himself, his agent or attorney, to file in the office of the pro-thonotary a statement of his, her or their demand, on or before the third day of the term to which the process issued is returnable, particularly specifying the date of the promise, book account, note, bond, penal or single bill or all or any of them, on which the demand is founded, and the whole amount which he, she, or they believe is justly due to him, her or them from the defendant."
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.
Judge
An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
Point
Practice. A proposition or question arising in a case.
Case
1) Practice. A contested question before a court of justicea suit or action a cause. 2) An agreement in writing, between a plaintiff and defendant, that the facts in dispute between them are as there agreed upon and mentioned
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Dicta or dictum
Latin: 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."
Dictator
Civil law. A Magistrate at Rome invested with absolute power.
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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
Latin: 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."
Dictator
Civil law. A Magistrate at Rome invested with absolute power.
Dictum
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.
Dies datus
Practice. A day or time given to a defendant in a suit, which is in fact a continuance of the cause.
Dies dominicus
The Lord's day - Sunday.
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Plural
A term used in grammar, which signifies more than one.
Voluntary
Willingly; done with one's consent; negligently.
Statement
Pleading and in practice. In the courts of Pennsylvania, by the act to regulate arbitrations and proceedings in courts of justice, is enacted, "that in all cases where a suit may be brought in any court of record for the recovery of any debt founded on a verbal promise, book account, note, bond, penal or single bill, or all or any of them, and which from the amount thereof may not be cognizable before a justice of the peace, it shall be the duty of the plaintiff, either by himself, his agent or attorney, to file in the office of the pro-thonotary a statement of his, her or their demand, on or before the third day of the term to which the process issued is returnable, particularly specifying the date of the promise, book account, note, bond, penal or single bill or all or any of them, on which the demand is founded, and the whole amount which he, she, or they believe is justly due to him, her or them from the defendant."
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.
Judge
An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
Point
Practice. A proposition or question arising in a case.
Case
1) Practice. A contested question before a court of justicea suit or action a cause. 2) An agreement in writing, between a plaintiff and defendant, that the facts in dispute between them are as there agreed upon and mentioned
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Dicta or dictum
Latin: 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."
Dictator
Civil law. A Magistrate at Rome invested with absolute power.
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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
Latin: 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."
Dictator
Civil law. A Magistrate at Rome invested with absolute power.
Dictum
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.
Dies datus
Practice. A day or time given to a defendant in a suit, which is in fact a continuance of the cause.
Dies dominicus
The Lord's day - Sunday.
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