How to pronounce “obiter”

Meaning

• [Adverb]
• (formal) Incidentally; in passing.
• [Noun]
• (law) 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.

Practice Nearby Words

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