obiter dictum

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obiter dictum An incidental remark; especially puhekieltä a statement or remark in a court's judgment that is not essential to the disposition of the case. (defdate)
1971, (w), Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 128:

Casual obiter dicta by men of accepted godliness belonged to a different category from the ecstatic claims to immediate revelation made by obscure persons who thrust themselves into the limelight ….