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Re: obiterdictum post# 200175

Tuesday, 04/01/2014 1:40:36 AM

Tuesday, April 01, 2014 1:40:36 AM

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O-Obviously
B-Better
I-Interpreter
T-Than
E-Everyone
R-Reiterating
D-Discovered
I-Information
C-Commenting
T-To
U-Understand
M-Media

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ob·i·ter dic·tum
[ob-i-ter dik-tuhm] Show IPA
noun, plural ob·i·ter dic·ta [ob-i-ter dik-tuh] Show IPA .
1.
an incidental or passing remark, opinion, etc.
2.
Law. an incidental or supplementary opinion by a judge in deciding a case, upon a matter not essential to the decision, and therefore not binding as precedent.
Origin:
1805–15; < Latin: (a) saying by the way

World English Dictionary
obiter dictum ('?b?t? 'd?kt?m, '??-)

— n , pl obiter dicta
1. law an observation by a judge on some point of law not directly in issue in the case before him and thus neither requiring his decision nor serving as a precedent, but nevertheless of persuasive authority
2. any comment, remark, or observation made in passing

[Latin: something said in passing]