Usually means: Statements not essential to decision.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. obiter dicta: Merriam-Webster
  2. obiter dicta: Collins English Dictionary
  3. obiter dicta: Vocabulary.com
  4. obiter dicta: Wiktionary
  5. obiter dicta: Dictionary.com
  6. Obiter dicta: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. obiter dicta: FreeDictionary.org
  8. obiter dicta: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. obiter dicta: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. obiter dicta: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. obiter dicta: Legal dictionary

(Note: See obiter_dictum 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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