Obiter Dictum
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding
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Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- dictumpassing comment
- plural
- Obiter DictaObiter Dictums
- possessive
- Obiter Dictum's
- pluralpossessive
- Obiter Dicta'sObiter Dictums'