Dicta

Word DICTA
Character 5
Hyphenation dic ta
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Definitions and meanings of "Dicta"

What do we mean by dicta?

Plural of dictum. noun

See dictum. noun plural

Plural form of dictum. noun

An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.

A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.

The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.

An arbitrament or award.

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The word "dicta" in example sentences

Anyway, repeating this link to “The Second Amendment and Domestic Violence”, which, in comments, cites numerous Circuit Courts asserting the rule that SCOTUS dicta is treated as binding precedent. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The court then stated in dicta that the regulation would also pass under Heller. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If the Supreme Court has addressed the issue in dicta, they might find that persuasive. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Heller-2009, in dicta, upheld federal “bans” on short barrel shotguns and full automatic weapons; a contravention to the Miller test that SCOTUS set forth in 1937. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Any circuit court that says dicta is binding rather than persuasive is confused, it seems to me. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I imagine the statement you read about Supreme Court dicta being binding was tongue-in-cheek, talking more about how courts tend to behave with respect to certain dicta, rather than how they formally are required to behave. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Hamblen argued that the Heller Court, in dicta, got Miller wrong; and that if the law of Miller is correctly applied to his case, then his conviction cannot stand. ❋ Unknown (2010)

– The Hamblen case looks more like a case of the court just being flat-out wrong than an actual rule that dicta is binding. ❋ Unknown (2010)

– For the record, dicta is still considered non-binding. ❋ Unknown (2010)

– I imagine the statement you read about Supreme Court dicta being binding was tongue-in-cheek, talking more about how courts tend to behave with respect to certain dicta, rather than how they formally are required to behave. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Hamblen case looks more like a case of the court just being flat-out wrong than an actual rule that dicta is binding. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But the distinction between alternate holdings and dicta is a fine one. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If that dicta is given a great deal of weight, then we would look to Wickard and say ‘clearly Constitutional.’ ❋ Unknown (2010)

To be fair, Courts have also taken the opposite position when it suits the outcome — that dicta is NOT binding. ❋ Unknown (2010)

For the record, dicta is still considered non-binding. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Indeed, in dicta (sentences in a legal opinion that are not legally binding, because they are not logically necessary for reaching the verdict), Marshall suggested that any activity that “effects” such transport might be regulated. ❋ Unknown (2008)

That Court, not only recognized corporations as persons, but, in dicta to Santa Clara v Southern Pacific, extended Fourteenth Amendment protection to such corporate "persons". ❋ Unknown (2007)

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