Usually means: Statement not essential to decision.
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  1. obiter: Merriam-Webster
  2. obiter: Collins English Dictionary
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  4. obiter: Wiktionary
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  7. Obiter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Obiter: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. obiter: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Obiter: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. obiter: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Obiter: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (obiter)

adverb:  (formal) Incidentally; in passing.
noun:  (law) An obiter dictum; a statement from the bench commenting on a point of law which is not necessary for the judgment at hand and therefore has no judicial weight, as opposed to ratio decidendi.

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