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n.A dictum that is so well-developed it has gained an air of authority as if it were part of an opinion.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
dictum, considered
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