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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Obiter dictum refers to a remark or observation made by a judge that is not essential to the decision of the case and therefore not binding as legal precedent. It goes beyond the necessary issues of the case.

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