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Synonyms for obiter dictum

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ob-i-ter dik-tuh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒb ɪ tər ˈdɪk təm

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Définition of obiter dictum

Origin :
  • "statement in passing," a judge's expression of opinion not regarded as binding or decisive, Latin, literally "something said incidentally;" see obiter + dictum.
  • noun comment
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
  • 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
  • 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
  • That phrase was in fact no part of the decision but was what the lawyers call an obiter dictum—a saying apart.
  • Extract from : « The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Volume I (of 2) » by George Cary Eggleston
  • And any opinion given on any other point is obiter dictum, and of no authority.
  • Extract from : « Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, and the Opinions of the Judges Thereof, in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F.A. Sandford » by Benjamin C. Howard
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