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Obiter Dictum
/ˌoʊbɪɾɚ ˈdɪktəm/
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What does Obiter Dictum mean?
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.
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/ˌoʊbɪɾɚ ˈdɪktəm/
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The judge who sat on Muir and Palmer, the famous Braxfield, let fall from the bench the obiter dictum—‘I never liked the French all my days, but now I hate them.’