Obiter

Adverb

Definitions

1.AdverbIncidentally; in passing.

2.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.

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