Obiter

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounAn obiter dictum; a statement from the bench commenting on a point of law which is not necessary for the judgment at hand and therefore has no judicial weight, as opposed to ratio decidendi.

2.adverbIncidentally; in passing.

Synonyms

dictum dicta en passant incidently occasionally as an aside incidentally offhandedly parenthetically uncircumstantially passingly otiosely

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