http://hull-awe.org.uk/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Dictum 2026-05-03T22:03:50Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.23.2 http://hull-awe.org.uk/index.php?title=Dictum&diff=1780&oldid=prev 2006-10-23T11:02:49Z

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PeterWilson http://hull-awe.org.uk/index.php?title=Dictum&diff=1779&oldid=prev 2006-10-23T11:00:33Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 11:00, 23 October 2006</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[dict-]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">#redirect </ins>[[dict-]]</div></td></tr> </table>

PeterWilson http://hull-awe.org.uk/index.php?title=Dictum&diff=1778&oldid=prev 2006-10-23T10:55:08Z

<p></p> <table class='diff diff-contentalign-left'> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 10:55, 23 October 2006</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">In academic English the preferred plural of '''dictum''' is '''dict&lt;big&gt;a&lt;/big&gt;'''.&#160; (See </del>[[-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a in Latin]].) Although OED records &lt;strike&gt;dictums&lt;/strike&gt; as also existing,it is not recommended in academic writing.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">dict</ins>-]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>&#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Its original meaning in Latin was simply ‘something said’.&#160; In academic writing, it most often has “the implication of a formal pronouncement claiming or carrying some authority” (OED).&#160; This sense seems to derive from OED’s sense b.: “In Law, An expression of opinion by a judge on matter of law, which is not the formal resolution or determination of a court” – in other words something which a judge says in court on a matter not directly to do with the case being judged, but something on which she or he may nevertheless be quoted as an authority by lawyers.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[category:Latin plurals</del>]]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div></div></td></tr> </table>

PeterWilson http://hull-awe.org.uk/index.php?title=Dictum&diff=1774&oldid=prev 2006-10-23T10:51:42Z

<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>In academic English the preferred plural of '''dictum''' is '''dict&lt;big&gt;a&lt;/big&gt;'''. (See [[-a in Latin]].) Although OED records &lt;strike&gt;dictums&lt;/strike&gt; as also existing,it is not recommended in academic writing.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Its original meaning in Latin was simply ‘something said’. In academic writing, it most often has “the implication of a formal pronouncement claiming or carrying some authority” (OED). This sense seems to derive from OED’s sense b.: “In Law, An expression of opinion by a judge on matter of law, which is not the formal resolution or determination of a court” – in other words something which a judge says in court on a matter not directly to do with the case being judged, but something on which she or he may nevertheless be quoted as an authority by lawyers.<br /> [[category:Latin plurals]]</div>

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