Legal Definition and Related Resources of Obiter dictum
Meaning of Obiter dictum
See Dictum.
United States Constitutional Meaning of Obiter Dictum
Any words in a court’s opinion that are not required for the decision of the case, and that are therefore, in theory, not binding as precedent. The term is often misleadingly abbreviated to “dictum” or to its plural, “dicta.”
Latin Definition
said by the way
Other Latin Constitutional Definitions in the Law Dictionary
- dictum
- in personam
- in rem
- ultra vires
- per curiam
- amicus curiae
- ex post facto
- ex parte
- ex relatione
- nolo contendere
- de facto
- de jure
- in forma pauperis
- in re
- ratio decidendi
- obiter dictum
- seriatim
- certiorari
- stare decisis
- subpoena
- mandamus
- habeas corpus
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Obiter Dictum in the law of the United States
Obiter Dictum: Related U.S. Resources
- Obiter Dictum in the American Law Encyclopedia
- Appellate Judicial Process Keywords in the U.S. Legal Corpus
- Appellate Process Topics in the United States Legal Dictionary
See Also
Precedence (in the U.S. Legal Encyclopedia) Ratio Decidendi (in the U.S. Legal Encyclopedia).
Obiter dictum in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of obiter dictum.
“Obiter Dictum” in Maritime Law
Note: There is more information on maritime/admiralty law here.
The following is a definition of “Obiter Dictum”, produced by Tetley, in the context of admiralty law: (“a saying by the way”), referring to a finding of law in a decision where that finding was based on issues not properly before the court. It is an opinion expressed by a court upon a question of law which is not necessary to the decision of the case before it. The opposite of “obiter dictum” is “ratio decidendi” (see (see this legal term in this law dictionary)).
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