obiter dictum

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Recent Examples of obiter dictum Unfortunately, the Pennsylvania appellate court did not stop there, although what follows is no more than obiter dictum or, in English, just the non-precedential musings of the court. Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 14 Jan. 2026
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Noun
  • The nation’s wealthiest suburb is Scarsdale, in New York’s leafy Westchester County, with an average household income of $612,591 in 2024, according to an analysis released June 1 by the personal finance site MoneyLion.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 4 July 2026
  • Forensic analysis was able to match Childers' DNA to a profile in the Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).
    Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • When the meeting proceeded into discussions about audits, Levine approached Hosseini for a brief pull-aside conversation.
    Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 25 June 2026
  • For a company synonymous with AI, the most revealing line was almost an aside.
    Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

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“Obiter dictum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obiter%20dictum. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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