OBITER

obiter

Noun

  1. 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

  1. Incidentally; in passing.


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