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extrajudicial
[ ek-struh-joo-dish-uhl ]
adjective
- outside of judicial proceedings; beyond the action or authority of a court.
- beyond, outside, or against the usual procedure of justice; legally unwarranted:
an extrajudicial penalty.
extrajudicial
/ ˌɛkstrədʒuːˈdɪʃəl /
adjective
- outside the ordinary course of legal proceedings
extrajudicial evidence
- beyond the jurisdiction or authority of the court
an extrajudicial opinion
Derived Forms
- ˌextrajuˈdicially, adverb
Other Words From
- extra·ju·dicial·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of extrajudicial1
Example Sentences
It’s for courts, not police in the field or corrections officers in extrajudicial settings, to decide their fate.
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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