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Orbiter vs Obiter - What's the difference?

orbiter | obiter |

As nouns the difference between orbiter and obiter

is that orbiter is an object which orbits another, especially a spacecraft that orbits a planet etc without landing on it while obiter is (legal) an obiter dictum; a statement from the bench commenting on a point of law which is not necessary for the judgment at hand and therefore has no judicial weight, as opposed to ratio decidendi.

As an adverb obiter is

incidentally; in passing.

orbiter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • an object which orbits another, especially a spacecraft that orbits a planet etc. without landing on it

    • See also

    * Space Shuttle ----

    obiter

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • Incidentally; in passing.
  • *, New York, 2001, p.206:
    • I will not here stand to discuss obiter , whether stars be causes, or signs; or to apologize for judicial astrology.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) An obiter dictum; a statement from the bench commenting on a point of law which is not necessary for the judgment at hand and therefore has no judicial weight, as opposed to ratio decidendi.

    • Coordinate terms

    * ratio decidendi * ratio

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