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Obiter dictum

//ˌoʊbɪɾɚ ˈdɪktəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An incidental remark; especially (law) a statement or remark in a court's judgment that is not essential to the disposition of the case.

    "Casual obiter dicta by men of accepted godliness belonged to a different category from the ecstatic claims to immediate revelation made by obscure persons who thrust themselves into the limelight […]."

  2. 2
    an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding wordnet
  3. 3
    an incidental remark wordnet

Etymology

From Latin obiter dictum (“something said by the way”).

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