obiter dictum
Example Sentences
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Sometime during their years of instruction, most law school students encounter the Latin phrase “obiter dictum,” and many of them promptly forget it.
From Washington Post
Hersey and Wolfe were given to issuing restrictive obiter dicta about nonfiction writing.
From The New Yorker
Judging by Southgate’s obiter dicta at his post‑match press conference it seems England were broadly convinced that the choice for the last 16 would boil down to Senegal and Colombia.
From The Guardian
In his remarks, Kerr explained: “These findings do not represent a binding decision of the of the court. Technically, the findings are what are described as ‘obiter dicta’.
From The Guardian
Like any author worth reading, Mr. Hens is sometimes best when he goes off-topic, dispatching obiter dicta.
From New York Times
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