Definitions For Obiter

Noun

OBITER (plural OBITERs) (legal) 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.

Coordinate terms

ratio decidendi, ratio

Adverb

{{en-adv, -}} incidentally, incidentally; in passing.

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, la, obiter}}.

Anagrams

brotie, torbie

Is Obiter a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
8
Words with Friends
9

The word Obiter is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends

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