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obiter

adv

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obiter.

  1. borrowed from obiter

Definitions

  1. Incidentally

    Incidentally; in passing.

    • I will not here stand to discuss obiter, whether stars be causes, or signs; or to apologize for judicial astrology.

  2. An obiter dictum

    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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