Neither the resolution of the Assembly nor the decision by the Assembly referred to above includes a decision according to article 49 of the Rome Statute, or a direct decision or any obiter dictum on this matter. |
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Paragraph 73 contains an obiter dictum to the effect that the amount of a bond should not be excessive and unrelated to the gravity of the offences with which the accused has been charged. |
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It was, therefore, obiter dictum, and of no binding effect. |
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For the purposes of a complete analysis, but strictly as obiter dictum, we discuss below the Majority's review of Commerce's market distortion analysis. |
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Thus, Rand J, in obiter dictum, held that the extinction of the contract does not affect taxes already collected, at least where there has not been a total rescission of the contract. |
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The obiter dictum in Barcelona Traction and the separate opinions of Judges Fitzmaurice, Jessup and Tanaka have undoubtedly added to the weight of authority in favour of the exception. |
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Such a pronouncement will not amount to a binding precedent, but is instead called an obiter dictum. |
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