adv
Meaning 1
Incidentally; in passing.
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Usage: formal, not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
obiter
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noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h1épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h1óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Latin iter Latin obiterbor. English obiter Borrowed from Latin obiter.