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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