Obit
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
That particular solemnity or office for the dead which the Roman Catholic church appoints to be read or performed fice which, upon the anniversary of his death, wag frequently used as a commemoration or observance of. the day.
2 Cro. 51; Dyer, 313.
OBITER (Lat. from obire, to pass). By the way; in passing. "This point was not the principal question in the case of Clere and Brooke, but the law concerning it is delivered obiter only, and in the course of argument, by Justice Manwoode."
2 Bl. Comm. 238.