English-Finnish translations for dictum

• lausunto
  General Motorsin olisi muistettava Henry Fordin lausunto, jonka mukaan autot eivät osta autoja, jolla hän perusteli työntekijöiden palkan kaksinkertaistamista lisätäkseen kysyntää. General Motors should remember Henry Ford’s dictum that ‘cars don’t buy cars’, whereby he justified doubling his workers’ wages in order to stimulate demand.

Definition of dictum

• An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm
• A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it
• An arbitrament or award

Related words

• mirabile dictu
• horribile dictu
• obiter dictum
• Cnicus benedictus