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Judicial dicta

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Dicta made by a court or judge in the course of a judicial decision or opinion.

Com. v. Paine, 207 Pa. 45, 56 Atl. 317.

See Dictum ___Judicial district. One of the circuits or precincts into which a state is commonly divided for judicial purposes, a court of general original jurisdiction being usually provided in each of such districts, and the boundaries of the district marking the territorial limits of its authority; or the district may include two or more counties, having separate and independent county courts, but in that case they are presided over by the same judge.

See Ex parte Gardner, 22 Nev. 280, 39 Pac. 570; Lindsley v. Coahoma County Sup'rs, 69 Miss. 815, 11 South. 336; Com. v. Hoar, 121 Mass. 377.