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Ratio decidendi sets forth the legal reasoning for the decision in a case. (Obiter dictum is a judicial opinion or incidental comment that is not legally binding.)

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Laws can not be established by court decisions. However, the term precedent describes the principles or rules laid out by a court case that must be upheld in similar future cases.

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It establishes a Precedent.

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