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Line 4: * ''[[dictum proprium]]'': A personal or individual dictum that is given by the judge who delivers an opinion but that is not necessarily concurred in by the whole court and is not essential to the disposition. * ''[[gratis dictum]]'': an assertion that a person makes without being obligated to do so, or also a court's discussion of points or questions not raised by the record or its suggestion of rules not applicable in the case at bar. * ''[[judicial dictum]]'': an opinion by a court on a question that is directly involved, briefed, and argued by counsel, and even passed on by the court, but that is not essential to the decision. * ''[[obiter dictum]]'' in Latin means "something said in passing" and is a comment made while delivering a judicial opinion, but it is unnecessary to the decision in the case and therefore not precedential (although it may be considered persuasive). * ''[[simplex dictum]]'': an unproved or dogmatic statement. In [[English law]], a ''dictum'' is any statement made as part of a [[Judgment (law)\|judgment]] of a court. Thus the term includes ''dicta'' merely in passing (referred to as ''obiter dicta'') that are not a necessary part of the reason for the court's decision (referred to as the ''[[ratio decidendi]]''). English lawyers do not, as a rule, categorise ''dicta'' more finely than into those that are ''obiter'' and those that are not. ==References== Line 16: {{wiktionary\|dictum}} {{wikiquote}} {{law-term-stub}}▼ [[Category:Latin legal terms]] [[Category:Legal terms]] ▲{{law-term-stub}}

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