Definition: an authoritative announcement; a judge's ruling or statement Example sentence: One of Einstein's dictums was to make everything as simple as possible, but no simpler.
I don't know. You tell me
One of Einstein's dictums was to make everything as simple as possible
The judge who sat on Muir and Palmer, the famous Braxfield, let fall from the bench an obiter dictum.
No because there might be hundreds. But here is one: He received the headmasters dictum with reluctance.