(archaic) Death of a person. / (Christianity, historical) A mass or other service held for the soul of a dead person. / A record of a person's death.

(colloquial) An obituary.

plural of obit

Incidentally; in passing.

(law) An obiter dictum; a statement from the bench commenting on a point of law which is not necessary for the judgment at hand and therefore has no judicial weight, as opposed to ratio decidendi.

plural of obiter

An incidental remark; especially (law) a statement or remark in a court's judgment that is not essential to the disposition of the case.

plural of obiter dictum

(law) A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds himself to pay a larger sum, on unusual interest, on the death of some specified individual from whom he has expectations.

plural of post-obit