obiter dictum

This obiter dictum I will come to in due course.

For this reason, the obiter dicta may usually be taken into consideration.

The facts of cases should be read, unless the case is relied upon only for an obiter dictum.

Three judges wrote an obiter dictum about the criminal responsibility of Hirohito.

The two were closely inter-related with obiter dictum from each being applied to the other.

However, this constitutes a mere obiter dictum that had no impact on the outcome of the case.

Such a pronouncement will not amount to a binding precedent, but is instead called an obiter dictum.

As throughout, evidence is eschewed in favor of obiter dicta that are useful for ideological warfare.

A statement may be classified as an obiter dictum if it falls into any of three categories:

In his obiter dictum, Douglas postulated what the reasoning of the ruling might have on current government practices.

In a court opinion, obiter dicta include, but are not limited to, words "introduced by way of illustration, or analogy or argument."

Judge Malinverni in his concurrence has objected to this obiter dictum:

By 1982 Lord Diplock signalled the success of the project in commenting, obiter dictum, that:

Unlike the rationes decidendi, obiter dicta are not the subject of the judicial decision, even if they happen to be correct statements of law.

In a law report, the expression precedes a proposition of law which is an obiter dictum by the judge, or a suggestion by the reporter.

Birrell found success as a writer with the publication of a volume of essays entitled Obiter Dicta in 1884.

In other instances, obiter dicta can suggest an interpretation of law that has no bearing on the case at hand but might be useful in future cases.

Moreover, Eve J. in an obiter dictum in Whitmores Ltd.

The decision was highly controversial, and obiter dictum within Justice William O. Douglas' concurring opinion received particular attention.

In September, he was hired by Curtis as a full-time staff member, preparing copy for its new house publication, Obiter Dicta.

There was another curious factor..." Hewas about to offer an obiter dictum but apparently thought better of it and pointed to Eliav.

In legal terminology and phrases: alibi, alias, de jure, obiter dictum, sub judice, subpœna etc.

This was an obiter dictum of a great American copywriter, Claude Hopkins, and strongly supported by David Ogilvy.

I have, elsewhere, identified a functional equivalent to prospective overruling in the English legal system which I have christened 'gross obiter dicta'.

(Compare Ratio decidendi, Precedent, Stare decisis and Obiter dictum for a fuller explanation.)