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obiter dicta

obiter dicta is the plural of obiter dictum.

Meaning of obiter dictum

Noun

obiter dictum (plural obiter dicta)

  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.
    • All I know is that we had a patent suction jack—for of course we daren't use leverage—capable of raising five tons dead weight drawing on a stone weighing something less than five hundredweight and it couldn't budge it a hair. No, sir; do what we might it had us beaten to cold cinders. And if you...1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

Questions about obiter dicta

What is obiter dicta the plural of?
Obiter dicta is the plural of obiter dictum.

Words near obiter dicta in the dictionary

  1. Obispo
  2. Obispos
  3. obit
  4. obital
  5. obiter
  6. obiter dicta
  7. obiter dictum
  8. obiter scripta
  9. obiter scriptum
  10. obiters
  11. obits

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