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

Derived Forms

• ˌextrajuˈdicially, adverb

Other Words From

• extra·ju·dicial·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of extrajudicial¹

First recorded in 1620–30; extra- + judicial

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.

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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