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obiters

obiters is the plural of obiter.

Meaning of obiter

Noun

obiter (plural obiters)

  1. 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.

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Questions about obiters

What is obiters the plural of?
Obiters is the plural of obiter.

Words near obiters in the dictionary

  1. obiter
  2. obiter dicta
  3. obiter dictum
  4. obiter scripta
  5. obiter scriptum
  6. obiters
  7. obits
  8. obitual
  9. obituarial
  10. obituarian
  11. obituarians

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