Obiter Dictum Is

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Multiple Choice

Obiter dictum is

• A) a comment in a judicial decision that goes beyond the issues of the case.
• B) binding on all lower courts of the jurisdictions in which it is entered.
• C) Daniel Webster's comment when the first woman lawyer was admitted to the New Hampshire Bar.
• D) the underlying legal reasoning of the holding of the court.

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