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Obiter Dictum

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Noun

1. obiter dictum, passing comment

an incidental remark

2. dictum, obiter dictum

an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Obiter Dictum

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nounWord forms: plural obiter dicta (ˈdɪktə )
1. law
an observation by a judge on some point of law not directly in issue in the case before him or her and thus neither requiring a decision nor serving as a precedent, but nevertheless of persuasive authority
2. 
any comment, remark, or observation made in passing

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Obiter Dictum

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Word forms: plural ˈobiˈter dicta (ˈdɪktə ; dikˈtə)
1. 
dictum (sense 2)
2. 
any incidental remark

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Obiter Dictum

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n. pl. obiter dicta (-tə)
Law
See dictum.

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