Term: 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
Candidate hypernym: opinion: the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision → 1
Candidate hypernym: archosauria: a large subclass of diapsid reptiles including: crocodiles; alligators; dinosaurs; pterosaurs; plesiosaurs; ichthyosaurs; thecodonts → 0
Candidate hypernym: anisette: liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed → 0
Candidate hypernym: coastal plain: a plain adjacent to a coast → 0
Candidate hypernym: black sage: an aromatic plant with wooly leaves found in southern California and Mexico → 0
Candidate hypernym: broadcasting studio: a studio where broadcasts originate → 0
Candidate hypernym: wicker basket: a basket made of wickerwork → 0
Candidate hypernym: economics: the branch of social science that deals with the production and distribution and consumption of goods and services and their management → 0
Candidate hypernym: lemon: yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh → 0
Candidate hypernym: load-shedding: cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply → 0
Candidate hypernym: river basin: the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet → 0