Divorce Dictionary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Obiter (Latin: short for obiter dicta, “things said in passing”) | Asides, illustrations, analogies, individual opinions and references to prior decisions within a judgment. |
| Obtemper | To comply with (a court order). |
| Occupation Order | Injunctive order which regulates the occupation of a property in some way. |
| Official Copy | Copy of an official document supplied and marked as such by the office which issued the original. |
| Official Solicitor | Lawyer invited to act on behalf of a litigant when he lacks the mental capacity to represent himself. |
| Opinion | In the Scots courts, a judgment. |
| Options Hearing | In Scotland, the first hearing in divorce, financial and children’s proceedings. |
| Ordinary Procedure | One of the two procedures for divorce in the Scots jurisdiction.
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| Ordinary Residence | Out-dated concept referring to a person’s abode in a particular place or country. |
| Ors | Abbreviation of “others”. |
| Orse | Abbreviation of “otherwise”. |
| Out-of-Time | When the time limit for completing a particular legal procedure is exceeded. |
| Overriding Objective | The requirement that the Court deals with a case ‘justly, having regard to any welfare issues involved’. |
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