obiter
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
obiter /ˈɒbɪtə/
▶adverb & adjective (chiefly in legal contexts) made or said in passing. ▶noun short for obiter dictum.
– origin L., orig. as the phr. ob itur ‘by the way’.
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