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Obiter dictum (usually used in the plural,
obiter dicta) is a
Latin phrase meaning "other
things said", that is, a
remark in a
legal opinion that is "said...
- of
Latin abbreviations List of
Latin phrases List of
legal Latin terms Obiter dictum Postscript Quod vide "nota bene".
Collins English Dictionary - Complete...
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Hypnerotomachia Poliphili : ubi
humana omnia non
nisisomnium esse
docet atque obiter plurima scitu sane quam
digna commemorat:
digital version, from the Boston...
- used by a
court to
compose the
rationale of a
particular judgment.
Unlike obiter dicta, the
ratio decidendi is, as a
general rule,
binding on
courts of lower...
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later case is said to "approve" that
obiter, and the
earlier case may be
marked "approved", "followed", or "
obiter followed". Case law
Opinion Precedent...
- decision). For
these reasons, the
obiter dicta may
often be
taken into
consideration by a court. A
litigant may also
consider obiter dicta if a
court has previously...
- "He/she died",
inscription on gravestones; ob. also
sometimes stands for
obiter (in p****ing or incidentally) obit anis, abit onus The old
woman dies, the...
- even p****ed on by the court, but that is not
essential to the decision.
obiter dictum in
Latin means 'something said in p****ing', and
relates to a comment...
- the use of
nuclear weapons in
warfare was not illegal, but held in its
obiter dictum that the
atomic bombings of both
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki were illegal...
- Kent v
Griffiths [2000] 2 All ER 474 is an
English tort law case from the
Court of
Appeal concerning negligence,
particularly the duty of care owed by...