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obiter dictum

UK/ˌəʊbɪtə ˈdɪktəm/US/ˌoʊbɪɾɚ ˈdɪktəm/

obiter dictum noun: an incidental remark; especially (law) a statement or remark in a court's judgment that is not essential to the disposition of the case.

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
    • 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 […].1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 128

obiter dictum meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

obiter dictum in Tamil

தீர்ப்பின் புறவுரை, தீர்ப்பிற்குத் தொடர்பிலா வாசகம்

obiter dictum in Urdu

غیرسنجیدہ رائے

obiter dictum in Kannada

ಪ್ರಾಸಂಗಿಕವಾಗಿ ಹೇಳಿದ ಮಾತು, ಗೌಣ ಹೇಳಿಕೆ

Forms of obiter dictum

pluralobiter dicta

Origin of obiter dictum

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

Questions about obiter dictum

What does obiter dictum mean?
Obiter dictum means an incidental remark; especially (law) a statement or remark in a court's judgment that is not essential to the disposition of the case.
What is obiter dictum in Tamil?
Obiter dictum in Tamil is தீர்ப்பின் புறவுரை, தீர்ப்பிற்குத் தொடர்பிலா வாசகம். See Obiter dictum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is obiter dictum?
Obiter dictum is a noun.
How do you pronounce obiter dictum?
Obiter dictum is pronounced /ˌəʊbɪtə ˈdɪktəm/ (UK).
What is the plural of obiter dictum?
The plural of obiter dictum is obiter dicta.

Words near obiter dictum in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: obiter dictum (page history and authors); obiter dictum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obiter dictum (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obiter dictum (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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