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obiter dictum

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"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.

In the preceding chronicles no mention, I believe, has been made of one little bird that deserves more than a mere obiter dictum.

But the judges of the circuit courts know better, and never have enforced that obiter dictum.

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On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to obiter dictum, such as: animadversion, annotation, backtalk, buzz, comeback, and comment.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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