Meaning of obiter dictum | Babel Free

Definitions

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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Examples

“Casual obiter dicta by men of accepted godliness belonged to a different category from the ecstatic claims to immediate revelation made by obscure persons who thrust themselves into the limelight […].”

“However, McHugh J noted obiter dicta that if the meaning of the word was construed at that level of abstraction today, ‘it would deny⟳ the Parliament of the Commonwealth the power to legislate for same sex marriages[…]’.”

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