"obiter" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin obiter. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|obiter}} Latin obiter Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} obiter (not comparable)
  1. (formal) Incidentally; in passing. Tags: formal, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-obiter-en-adv--YYnvVgb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44

Noun [English]

Forms: obiters [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin obiter. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|obiter}} Latin obiter Head templates: {{en-noun}} obiter (plural obiters)
  1. (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. Categories (topical): Law Related terms: obiter scriptum Coordinate_terms: ratio decidendi, ratio
    Sense id: en-obiter-en-noun-hvYhRYKm Topics: law

Adverb [Latin]

Etymology: ob- + iter Etymology templates: {{af|la|ob-|iter}} ob- + iter Head templates: {{la-adv|obiter|-}} obiter (not comparable)
  1. on the way Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-obiter-la-adv-V~OcMwJu Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 100 0
  2. incidentally Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-obiter-la-adv-EOe69HfV
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Latin terms prefixed with ob- Disambiguation of Latin terms prefixed with ob-: 0 0

Inflected forms

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