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an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding

an incidental remark

an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding

an incidental remark

an incidental remark

See Dictum.

See Dictum.

See Dictum.

[L.] A thing said by the way, incidentally, in passing, not expressive of deliberate judgment ; generally applied to some opinion of a judge which is not judicially decisive, not of the essence of the matter which has been argued before him.