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		Definition of obiter dictum in English: obiter dictumnounPlural obiter dicta ˈdɪktəmˌōbidər ˈdiktəm Law 1A judge's expression of opinion uttered in court or in a written judgement, but not essential to the decision and therefore not legally binding as a precedent. 〔律〕(法官在法庭上或在审判时发表的,对裁决非绝对必要且不涉及法律原则的)附带意见 Example sentencesExamples -  I am in no doubt that the passage was part of the decision and was not obiter dicta.
 -  The case decided by the making of orders which are supported by chaotic or contradictory reasoning is not an authority - it lacks a ratio decidendi - but the obiter dicta of particular judges may have considerable influence.
 -  That submission runs into the authority of a number of final courts in the world and obiter dicta of this Court.
 -  Remarks about equitable leases were therefore merely obiter dicta; and although they pointed the way to a solution of this problem, they have not been taken up in any later decision.
 -  This Court will be very busy if we grant special leave in respect of judges' obiter dicta.
 
 Synonyms whispered remark, confidential remark, stage whisper - 1.1 An incidental remark.
顺便说的话,附带意见 Example sentencesExamples -  Mr. Smith treats certain of my remarks about Kierkegaard as though they were obiter dicta, insouciantly tossed off without context or explanation.
 -  Within the private sector, few would quarrel with the International Monetary Fund's obiter dicta about wage restraint being necessary for competitiveness.
 -  Rather than trying to capture an argument whose start I missed, which depends on knowledge of philosophers I have not read, I'll note a couple of obiter dicta: bq…
 -  The Maxims were collected after Napoleon's death from what editor David Chandler rightfully terms his obiter dicta, casual remarks, observations, or comments that were culled from a vast mass of documents, letters, and memoirs.
 -  There it is - the obiter dictum that bespeaks the current state of Native American education, which is still deeply troubled after more than a hundred years of struggle.
 
 Synonyms remark, comment, statement, utterance, pronouncement, declaration  
 
 OriginLatin obiter 'in passing' + dictum 'something that is said'.    Definition of obiter dictum in US English: obiter dictumnounˌōbidər ˈdiktəm Law 1A judge's incidental expression of opinion, not essential to the decision and not establishing precedent. Example sentencesExamples -  I am in no doubt that the passage was part of the decision and was not obiter dicta.
 -  This Court will be very busy if we grant special leave in respect of judges' obiter dicta.
 -  Remarks about equitable leases were therefore merely obiter dicta; and although they pointed the way to a solution of this problem, they have not been taken up in any later decision.
 -  The case decided by the making of orders which are supported by chaotic or contradictory reasoning is not an authority - it lacks a ratio decidendi - but the obiter dicta of particular judges may have considerable influence.
 -  That submission runs into the authority of a number of final courts in the world and obiter dicta of this Court.
 
 Synonyms whispered remark, confidential remark, stage whisper - 1.1 An incidental remark.
顺便说的话,附带意见 Example sentencesExamples -  There it is - the obiter dictum that bespeaks the current state of Native American education, which is still deeply troubled after more than a hundred years of struggle.
 -  Mr. Smith treats certain of my remarks about Kierkegaard as though they were obiter dicta, insouciantly tossed off without context or explanation.
 -  Rather than trying to capture an argument whose start I missed, which depends on knowledge of philosophers I have not read, I'll note a couple of obiter dicta: bq…
 -  Within the private sector, few would quarrel with the International Monetary Fund's obiter dicta about wage restraint being necessary for competitiveness.
 -  The Maxims were collected after Napoleon's death from what editor David Chandler rightfully terms his obiter dicta, casual remarks, observations, or comments that were culled from a vast mass of documents, letters, and memoirs.
 
 Synonyms remark, comment, statement, utterance, pronouncement, declaration  
 
 OriginLatin obiter ‘in passing’ + dictum ‘something that is said’.     |