Dictum

pi. dicta, L I. A saying or remark; an opinion expressed by a ' judge either aside from the point to be decided, and hence said to be extra-judicial or obiter; or given without deliberation, as a hasty opinion at nisi prius. v.

Obiter dictum

In old English law

The verdict of a jury. Die by his own hand. In a policy of life insurance, an act of criminal self-destruction, not suicide by an insane person. Die without heirs, m- children, or issue: in a will, as applied to realty, prima facie an indefinite failure of issue, or the death of all descendants; as to personalty, without heirs living at the death of the first taker.