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obiter dictum vs judgment

judgment vs obiter dictum

obiter dictum and judgment both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
obiter dictum Yes No No No
judgment Yes No No No
As nouns, judgment is a hypernym of obiter dictum; that is, judgment is a word with a broader meaning than obiter dictum:
  • obiter dictum: an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding
  • judgment: the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
Other hypernyms of obiter dictum include judgement, legal opinion, opinion.
obiter dictum (noun) judgment (noun)
an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
an incidental remark the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
an opinion formed by judging something
the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
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