obiter dictum

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌəʊbɪtə ˈdɪktəm/    美 /ˌoʊbɪɾɚ ˈdɪktəm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An incidental remark; especially (law) a statement or remark in a court's judgment that is not essential to the disposition of the case.
    — All I know is that we had a patent suction jack—for of course we daren't use leverage—capable of raising five tons dead weight drawing on a stone weighing something less than five hundredweight and it couldn't budge it a hair. No, sir; do what we might it had us beaten to cold cinders. And if you want my obiter dictum I should say the biggest thing in W.S. enigmas is waiting patiently there for some bright boy to come along and scoop it.

词形变化

obiter dicta plural

词源

From Latin obiter dictum (“something said by the way”).
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