Antonyms for obiter

Grammar : Adv, noun

Definition of obiter

Origin : Latin, literally "by the way," from ob "to, toward" (see ob-) + iter "journey" (see ion). Klein's sources, however, say it is ob- with the suffix -iter in analogy of circiter "about" from circa. Also cf. obituary.

As in incidentally : adv by chance
As in obiter dictum : noun comment
As in comment : noun statement of opinion; explanation

Example sentences :

But the judges of the circuit courts know better, and never have enforced that obiter dictum.
Extract from : « Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, conjointly with the Senate Committee on Patents, on H.R. 19853, to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyright » by United States Committee on Patents

I think you have done wisely, said His Holiness, by way of an obiter dictum.
Extract from : « The Mercy of Allah » by Hilaire Belloc

This, however, is only an obiter dictum from which many will no doubt dissent.
Extract from : « The Uttermost Farthing » by R. Austin Freeman

These obiter dicta do not trespass on the domain of artistic genealogy.
Extract from : « Donatello » by David Lindsay, Earl of Crawford

The assumption in this obiter dictum seemed to be that Rabelais is an obscene writer.
Extract from : « Impressions And Comments » by Havelock Ellis

Hence he forged his weapon—the obiter dictum—by whose broad strokes was hewn the highroad of a national destiny.
Extract from : « John Marshall and the Constitution » by Edward S. Corwin

Burr's attorneys were more prudent: they dismissed Marshall's earlier words outright as obiter dicta—and erroneous at that!
Extract from : « John Marshall and the Constitution » by Edward S. Corwin

The court's decision, obiter dictum and all, extended only to the power of Congress over the Territories.
Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam

An Associate who does not go into ecstasies of merriment over every joke or obiter dictum from the Bench.
Extract from : « Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 103, July 23, 1892 » by Various

A few words' on the schools; an obiter dictum on the stations; a good, energetic, Demosthenic philippic against some scandal.
Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan

Synonyms for obiter

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