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obiter dictum
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun obiter dictum has 2 senses
- obiter dictum(n = noun.communication) passing comment - an incidental remark; Array is a kind of comment, input, remark
- obiter dictum(n = noun.communication) dictum - an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding; Array is a kind of judgement, judgment, legal opinion, opinion
CIDE DICTIONARY
obiter dictum, n.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
obiter dictum, n. (pl. obiter dicta)
1 a judge's expression of opinion uttered in court or giving judgement, but not essential to the decision and therefore without binding authority.
2 an incidental remark.
1 a judge's expression of opinion uttered in court or giving judgement, but not essential to the decision and therefore without binding authority.
2 an incidental remark.
Etymology
L f. obiter by the way + dictum a thing said
ROGET THESAURUS
obiter dictum
Interposition
N interposition, interjacence, intercurrence, intervenience, interlocation, interdigitation, interjection, interpolation, interlineation, interspersion, intercalation, interpenetration, permeation, infiltration, intervention, interference, intrusion, obtrusion, insinuation, insertion, dovetailing, embolism, intermediary, intermedium, go between, bodkin, intruder, interloper, parenthesis, episode, flyleaf, partition, septum, diaphragm, midriff, dissepiment, party wall, panel, room divider, halfway house, interjacent, intercurrent, intervenient, intervening, intermediate, intermediary, intercalary, interstitial, embolismal, parenthetical, episodic, mediterranean, intrusive, embosomed, merged, between, betwixt, twixt, among, amongst, amid, amidst, mid, midst, in the thick of, betwixt and between, sandwich-wise, parenthetically, obiter dictum.
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