Definition of "Dictum"

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Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Jamaica Plain

(1) Judges remark in a court ruling not in and of itself embodying the law. A dictum merely illustrates or amplifies the ruling. (2) Arbitrator's ruling.

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