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Erasure or blotting out of written words. Obliteration is not limited to effacing the letters of a will or scratching them out or blotting them so completely that they cannot be read. A line drawn through the writing is obliteration, though it may leave it as legible as it was before. See Glass v. Scott, 14 Oolo. App. 377, 60 Pac. 186; Evans' Appeal, 58 Pa. 244; Townshend v. … [Read more...] about OBLITERATION

Lat. [He] died without issue. Yearb. M. 1 Edw. II. 1. … [Read more...] about OBIT SINE PROLE

In the civil law. An action given to a party against another who had offered to him a stolen thing, which was found in his possession. Inst 3,1,4. … [Read more...] about OBLATI ACTIO

Latin: By the way; in passing; incidentally; collaterally. Obiter dictum. A remark made, or opinion expressed, by a judge, in his decision upon a cause, "by the way." that is, incidentally or collaterally, and not directly upon the question before him, or upon a point not necessarily involved in the determination of the cause, or introduced by way of illustration, or analogy or … [Read more...] about OBITER

Latin meaning an observation (made by a judge) with regard to a matter that is secondary to the issue before the court and unnecessary in determining the issue that is before the court. See Dictum. … [Read more...] about OBITER DICTUM