Obiter Dictum
OBITER DICTUM
[Latin, By the way.] Words of an opinion entirely unnecessary for the decision of the case. A remark made or opinion expressed by a judge in a decision upon a cause, "by the way", that is, incidentally or collaterally, and not directly upon the question before the court or upon a point not necessarily involved in the determination of the cause, or introduced by way of illustration, or analogy or argument. Such are not binding as precedent.
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A state of mind that assents to a judgment, while realizing that the opposite, or another point of view, may be true. It is opposite is certi… Dicta , dicta •bitter, committer, critter, embitter, emitter, fitter, flitter, fritter, glitter, gritter, hitter, jitter, knitter, litter, permitter, pitta,… Dissent , An explicit disagreement by one or more judges with the decision of the majority on a case before them.
A dissent is often accompanied by a written d…
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