Dictum vs Enactment - What's the difference?
dictum | enactment | Related terms |
An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
* 1949 , Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart, (Earth Abides)
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 act of enacting, or the state of being enacted.
:The actors' powerful enactment of the play was breathtaking.
:The enactment of this law will be a great step backward for our country.
(legal) A piece of legislation that has been properly authorized by a legislative body.
:The enactments passed by the council that year included sweeping reforms.
Dictum is a related term of enactment.
As nouns the difference between dictum and enactment
is that dictum is an authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm while enactment is the act of enacting, or the state of being enacted.dictum
English
(wikipedia dictum)Noun
(en-noun)- ...a dictum which he had heard an economics professor once propound...
