obiter dictum
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Hungarian
dictum
NOUN
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LEGAL
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dictum
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Meaning
statement in judicial opinion
Themes
law
|court
|judge
|precedent
|legal_reasoning
|courts
Definition
In law, a statement in a judge's opinion about a legal issue, especially one that is not necessary to the decision and may not be binding as precedent.
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