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noun

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The correct spelling is obiter. 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 rat…

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noun

  1. 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. 1.Incidentally; in passing.

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