dicta

Converse of object

• adopt: At page 69 Lord Fraser had adopted dicta of Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone and Lord Reid from Banning v Wright 1972 1WLR 972.
• see: It is important to see the dicta in context.
• apply: They will quote and apply such dicta as they can assimilate, and such acknowledged principles as seem to serve their turn.

Preposition: in

• case: For the reasons referred to above, we are not confident that we understand the whole implications of the dicta in that case.

Adjective modifier

• certain: He relied upon certain dicta in Morrison's Executors v Rendall 1986 S.L.T. 227.
• judicial: There are useful judicial dicta as to what constitutes substance and what constitutes procedure.
• own: In like vein, Popper's use of illustrations often involved disregard of his own dicta.
• conflicting: That approach has some support in the case-law [ 20 ] , although there are conflicting dicta.
• important: If so the case resolves itself into a series of important dicta.
• such: They will quote and apply such dicta as they can assimilate, and such acknowledged principles as seem to serve their turn.

Noun used with modifier

• obiter: Rodney is actively involved in the publication of the student Lawyers Society magazine, obiter dicta.