- In
legal writing, a
dictum (Latin 'something that has been said';
plural dicta) is a
statement made by a court. It may or may not be
binding as a precedent...
-
Obiter dictum (usually used in the plural,
obiter dicta) is a
Latin phrase meaning "other
things said", that is, a
remark in a
legal opinion that is "said...
- Hickam's
dictum is a
counterargument to the use of Occam's
razor in the
medical profession.
While Occam's
razor suggests that the
simplest explanation...
- The
Dictum of Kenilworth,
issued on 31
October 1266, was a
pronouncement designed to
reconcile the
rebels of the
Second Barons' War with the
royal government...
- Chekhov's gun (Chekhov's rifle; Russian: Чеховское ружьё) is a
narrative principle that
states that
every element in a
story must be necessary, and irrelevant...
- In music, a
dictum (Latin 'something that has been said';
plural dicta) is a type of
libretto for a
church cantata consisting of
quotes from
sacred scripture...
-
according to Hume's
dictum, it is
possible to have one
event without the other. An even
wider application is to use Hume's
dictum as an
axiom of modality...
-
famous dictum supposedly uttered by
Socrates at his
trial for
impiety and
corrupting youth, for
which he was
subsequently sentenced to death. The
dictum is...
- the
story is told of yourself. Horace, Satires, I. 1. 69.
quidquid Latine dictum sit
altum videtur whatever has been said in
Latin seems deep Or "anything...
- John
Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st
Baron Acton, 13th
Marquess of Groppoli, KCVO, DL (10
January 1834 – 19 June 1902),
better known as Lord Acton, was...
