obiter

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noun

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.

adverb

Incidentally; in passing.

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Synonyms

dictum dicta en passant incidently occasionally as an aside incidentally offhandedly parenthetically uncircumstantially passingly otiosely off-handedly incogitantly circumlocutorily incusely

Associated

persuasive binding precedent breach remarks comments doctrine judicial ratio interpretation

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