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

incidentally, incidentally; in passing.

Etymology

Borrowed from .

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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