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extrajudicial

[ ek-struh-joo-dish-uhl ]

adjective

  1. outside of judicial proceedings; beyond the action or authority of a court.
  2. beyond, outside, or against the usual procedure of justice; legally unwarranted:

    an extrajudicial penalty.



extrajudicial

/ ˌɛkstrədʒuːˈdɪʃəl /

adjective

  1. outside the ordinary course of legal proceedings

    extrajudicial evidence

  2. beyond the jurisdiction or authority of the court

    an extrajudicial opinion

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌextrajuˈdicially, adverb
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Other Words From

  • extra·ju·dicial·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of extrajudicial1

First recorded in 1620–30; extra- + judicial
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Example Sentences

It’s for courts, not police in the field or corrections officers in extrajudicial settings, to decide their fate.

From Time

In the most extreme cases, it allows for the extrajudicial killing of black people without consequence.

And if so, they were extrajudicial oaths, and not binding upon them.

The Recorder being thus unexpectedly lash'd for his extrajudicial Procedure, said, with an inraged Smile.

The ways of preventing or punishing injuries are judicial or extrajudicial.

This doctrine was entirely extrajudicial, and, as one of the judges declared, "an assumption of authority."

I protest against this whole proceeding of the House of Representatives as ex parte and extrajudicial.

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