When a Court Discusses Issues Not Raised by the Facts

question 69

Multiple Choice

When a court discusses issues not raised by the facts, the comments

• A)are excluded from the formal court opinion.
• B)may be referenced by the parties in other cases having the same facts.
• C)are not dicta.
• D)will cause the court's decision to be declared invalid.

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Definitions:

Proposition

A statement that can either be true or false, but not both, used in logic to convey meaning.

Complement

In set theory, referring to the set of all elements not in a particular set within a given universal set; in logic, it may refer to the negation of a concept or term.

Obverse

The opposite or counterpart of a given logical statement.

Proposition

A statement that expresses a concept that can either be true or false.