Dictum vs Upholding - What's the difference?
dictum | upholding | 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 by which something is upheld.
* 2010 , Tom S. Clark, The Limits of Judicial Independence
As nouns the difference between dictum and upholding
is that dictum is an authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm while upholding is the act by which something is upheld.As a verb upholding is
present participle of lang=en.dictum
English
(wikipedia dictum)Noun
(en-noun)- ...a dictum which he had heard an economics professor once propound...
