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dictum vs judgment

judgment vs dictum

dictum and judgment both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dictum Yes No No No
judgment Yes No No No
As nouns, judgment is a hypernym of dictum; that is, judgment is a word with a broader meaning than dictum:
  • dictum: an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding
  • judgment: the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
Other hypernyms of dictum include judgement, legal opinion, opinion.
dictum (noun) judgment (noun)
an authoritative declaration (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
an opinion formed by judging something
the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
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