Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
OBITER
Etymology
Adverb
obiter (not comparable)
Incidentally; in passing.
Noun
obiter (plural obiters)
(legal) 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.
Coordinate terms
• ratio decidendi, ratio
Anagrams
• brotie, torbie
Source: Wiktionary
Ob"i*ter, adv. Etym: [L., on the way; ob (see Ob-) + iter a going, a walk, way.]
Definition: In passing; incidentally; by the way. Obiter dictum (Law), an incidental and collateral opinion uttered by a judge. See Dictum, n., 2(a).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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