Usually means: Statement not essential to decision.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. obiter dictum: Merriam-Webster
  2. obiter dictum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. obiter dictum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. obiter dictum: Collins English Dictionary
  5. obiter dictum: Vocabulary.com
  6. obiter dictum: Wordnik
  7. obiter dictum: Wiktionary
  8. obiter dictum: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. obiter dictum: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. obiter dictum: Dictionary.com
  11. Obiter dictum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. obiter dictum: Rhymezone
  13. obiter dictum: FreeDictionary.org
  14. obiter dictum: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. obiter dictum: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. Obiter dictum: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. obiter dictum: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. International Law Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Obiter Dictum: Legal dictionary
  7. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. obiter dictum: A Word A Day

(Note: See obiter_dicta as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (obiter dictum)

noun:  An incidental remark; especially (law) a statement or remark in a court's judgment that is not essential to the disposition of the case.

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