Principle

CIVIL PROCEDURE — Stare Decisis — Obiter Dictum — Obiter Dictum Not Binding on Lower Courts

Area of law
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

Obiter dicta are not binding precedent. The principle applies to judicial precedent. Only ratio decidendi binds lower courts. The rule distinguishes between holding and dicta. The court will not follow obiter dicta as binding. The principle is well-established.

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