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Word: obiter (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adverb:

  • Incidentally; in passing.

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Noun:

  • legal An 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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