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obiter
adverb as in incidentally
noun as in comment
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Example Sentences
"It is an obiter dictum," somebody said to me, apparently thinking that Latin would persuade me.
The assumption in this obiter dictum seemed to be that Rabelais is an obscene writer.
Purely as an obiter dictum the court discussed briefly the interpretation of the original act in respect to rate-making power.
Several decisions not only adopted the obiter dictum of the Osborne case, above described, but proceeded to expand upon it.
Pardon a word about the writer himself—it is needed to emphasise and justify these obiter dicta.
But these represent mere obiter dicta which, as he admits, are contrary to popular modes of thought.
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On this page you'll find 78 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to obiter, such as: casually, remotely, accidentally, as a by-product, as side effect, and by the bye.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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