ipse dixit
noun
ip·se dix·it
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Definition of ipse dixit
: an assertion made but not proved : dictum
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ipse dixit
noun
ip·se dix·it
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Legal Definition of ipse dixit
: an assertion made but not proved
According to the city, it is “self-evident” that killing animals for food is “important”; the eradication of insects and pests is “obviously justified”; and the euthanasia of excess animals “makes sense.”… These ipse dixits do not explain why religion alone must bear the burden of these ordinances — Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah, 508 U.S. 520 (1993)