Difference between Obiter Dictum and Passing Comment

OBITER DICTUM vs PASSING COMMENT: NOUN

A statement or remark in a court's judgment that is not essential to the disposition of the case.
An incidental and collateral opinion uttered by a judge. See dictum, n., 2 (a).
An incidental remark
An opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding

Controverted, Lenity, Surplusage, Indefiniteness, Affirmance, Logical fallacy, Caselaw, Argumentation, Fortiori, Averment, Precedential, Ipse dixit, Obiter, Passing comment, Dictum

Dicta, Controverted, Lenity, Surplusage, Indefiniteness, Affirmance, Logical fallacy, Caselaw, Argumentation, Fortiori, Averment, Precedential, Ipse dixit, Obiter, Dictum

The author has also failed to provide clarity in distinguishing the obiter dictum, ratio decidendi, and the dissenting opinion in the different cases mentioned.
It also introduces students to the use materials, how to brief a case, judicial precedents and obiter dictum in Nigerian case law legislation.
This clearly shows that the obiter dictum cannot be considered as an overruling of the previous case law.
Franche Bich establishes, and rightly so, a distinction between this simple presumption and an obiter dictum.
It was, in fact, part of an obiter dictum unrelated to the case in hand.
To be sure, this obiter dictum clearly is not a considered judgment.
NBA and applied by the District Court as obiter dictum.

Also, trump made a passing comment about it, and Hilary sponsored a bill to write it into law.
I made a passing comment that he should go to his school dentist to have them taken care of.
Intermarriage between Jews and Gentiles, business partnerships, and Jewish statesmen excite no more than passing comment.
Was this a passing comment or a serious discussion?
First, from a passing comment on royalty rates.