Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
obiter en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i)
Proto-Italic *op
Latin ob
Latin ob-
Latin iter
Latin obiterbor.
English obiter
Borrowed from Latin obiter.
Meanings
(formal, not-comparable) Incidentally; in passing.
I will not here stand to discuss obiter, whether stars be causes, or signs; or to apologize for judicial astrology. , New York, 2001, p.206
obiter en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i)
Proto-Italic *op
Latin ob
Latin ob-
Latin iter
Latin obiterbor.
English obiter
Borrowed from Latin obiter.
Meanings
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.