Big Spring Landmarks / Attractions / Photos. 1  The Spring - The town's namesake. next page. 2  Howard County Courthouses next page. 3  Settles Hotel next page.  Hanger 25 Air Museum: www.hanger25.com A museum of the Big Spring Army Air Corps Bombardier School (its purpose during WWII) and Webb AFB (1955-1977).
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Obiter dictum (more usually used in the plural, obiter dicta) is Latin for a word said by the way, that is, a remark in a judgment that is said in passing. It is a concept derived from English common law, whereby a judgment comprises only two elements: ratio decidendi and obiter dicta. For the purposes of judicial precedent, ratio decidendi is binding, whereas obiter dicta are persuasive only.
Thus, arguments from Scripture, tradition, or theological reason, do not come under the exercise of definitive authority. Incidental statements, called obiter dicta, are also examples of non-definitive utterances. Only the doctrine itself, to which those arguments lead and which these obiter dicta illustrate, is to be considered as infallibly defined.