obiter

Meaning

Adv

Incidentally; in passing.

Noun

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.

Synonyms

incidentally

by the way

parenthetically

en passant

by the by

in passing

come to think of it

Translations

incidentalmente

παρεπιπτόντως

additionnellement

toevalligerwijze

accesoriamente

laf arasında

incidemment

soit dit en passant

addicionalment

apropos

zwischen Tür und Angel

zufällig

παρεμπιπτόντως

de passada

على فكرة

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obiter.