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obiter dictum definition

obi·ter dic·tum (äb′i tər dik′təm, ō′bi-)

  1. dictum ()
  2. any incidental remark

Etymology: L, (something) said incidentally: obiter, incidentally (< ob: see ob- + (circ)iter, near < circa, about) + dictum, dictum

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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