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Obiter dictum

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semble : it seems [ that the two statutes are consistent] used chiefly to indicate obiter dictum usually parenthetically following a citation or to introduce a tentative thought

Extrajudicial

judicium, Lat.], out of the regular course of legal procedure. An extrajudicial dictum is the same as an obiter dictum. See DICTUM.

Comment

To make remarks observations or criticism especially to write notes on the works of an author with a view to illustrate his meaning or to explain particular passages to write annotations often followed by on or...

comment

comment 1 often cap a : an essay analyzing, criticizing, or explaining a subject [a published in the Yale Law Review] b : an explanatory remark appended to a section of text (as of enacted code)...

Accessorium non ducit, sed sequitur suum principale

Accessorium non ducit, sed sequitur suum principale [Lat.], The accessory right does not lead, but follows its principal. Rent is incident to the reversion, and by a grant of the reversion the rent will pass: Law...

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