Obiter dictum (usually used in the plural, obiter dicta) is a Latin phrase meaning "other things said", that is, any remark in a legal opinion that is...

passed on by the court, but that is not essential to the decision. obiter dictum in Latin means 'something said in passing', and relates to a comment...

controversial, and obiter dictum within Justice William O. Douglas's concurring opinion received particular attention. In his obiter dictum, Douglas postulated...

However, this constitutes a mere obiter dictum that had no impact on the outcome of the case. Another obiter dictum of the Court concerns Article 9 of...

of a judicial opinion, such as obiter dicta (non-binding observations or comments). In contrast, Obiter dictum|obiter dicta (“something said in passing”)...

M., DM, or manicule in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Annotation Obiter dictum Postscript Quod vide List of Latin abbreviations List of Latin phrases...

of Appeal of the EPO in cases G 1/05 and G 1/06 accepted, by way of obiter dictum, that "the principle of prohibition of double patenting exists on the...

nature of the remedies open to the liquidator, and handed down the obiter dictum for which the case is best known. The court noted that any sums recovered...

on the land for a non-natural user", there was "no escape". Where an obiter dictum (a non-binding statement based on hypothetical facts) is subsequent...

surrogate consent for the non-therapeutic circumcision of male children is obiter dictum and not part of the judgment. Male circumcision was not at issue in...

Crow v Wood [1970] EWCA Civ 5 is an English land law case, confirming an easement commonly exists for the right to have a fence or wall kept in repair...

England and Wales. However, the most significant part of the judgment is obiter dictum as it relates to hypothetical facts; that is, the landlord did not seek...

pronouncement will not amount to a binding precedent, but is instead called an obiter dictum. Ratio decidendi also involves the holding of a particular case, thereby...

Tarot in the Art of Divination; and an Appendix B which includes the obiter dictum: "the 'correspondences' are not arbitrary". Appendix B also includes...

University of Ottawa, has suggested that the above quotation is merely obiter dictum and a misunderstanding of the law. The Carltona doctrine merely reflects...

Hughes. This was just, however, ‘no more than a tentative view' — an obiter dictum (other words and side-opinions of the court). Binding precedents Lord...

limit for appeal has expired. The Enlarged Board also confirmed, in an obiter dictum, the established practice of the EPO that a divisional application under...

conclusion merely because there is some doubt on some minor point. In an obiter dictum (legal opinion not forming part of the judgment) in the case of R v...

accurate at the time the decision was reached, the portion cited was obiter dictum and has no binding precedential value. As of 2008, four states, Illinois...

decidendi Obiter dictum (almost always shortened to dictum or, when plural, dicta in legal contexts; not to be confused with the broader meaning of dictum outside...

this statement actually overturned Korematsu or was merely a "disapproving dictum" of it. As part of his immigration policy, United States President Donald...

explanation included with other data Footnote, a note at the bottom of a page Obiter dictum, a remark or observation made by a judge that does not form a necessary...

changed his view. The statement by Coke is sometimes considered to be an obiter dictum (a statement made 'by the way'), rather than part of the ratio decidendi...

Parker and Cooper Ltd v Reading [1926] Ch 975. It origins lie in the obiter dictum comments of Lord Davey in Salomon v Salomon & Co Ltd where he stated...

Persia. The Parsis and Iranis are considered legally distinct. A 1909 obiter dictum relating to the Indian Zoroastrians observed that Iranis (of the now...

Precedent and Ratio decidendi), and which parts are non-binding (see Obiter dictum). "Buckinghamshire and Surrey Trading Standards". Statsky, W. (1997)...

was dismissed in Wong Kim Ark and later cases as a passing remark (obiter dictum) lacking any force as a controlling precedent. As to whether the Wong...

like the later prime minister Nobusuke Kishi." Three justices wrote an obiter dictum about the criminal responsibility of Hirohito. Judge-in-Chief Webb declared...

transfer with retrospective effect a proposition from the status of obiter dictum [passing comments] to that of ratio decidendi.": 9  The legal basis...

s.p.m.) Heraldic visitation or County Visitation Books for England obiter dictum a thing said in passing in law, an observation by a judge on some point...