obiter

noun

Meaning

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.
Incidentally; in passing.

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dictum(English)dicta(English)en passant(English)incidently(English)occasionally(English)as an aside(English)incidentally(English)offhandedly(English)persuasive(English)binding(English)precedent(English)breach(English)

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