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extrajudicial

Definition of extrajudicial

adjective

Law
  • (of a sentence) not legally authorized:there have been reports of extrajudicial executions
  • (of a settlement, statement, or confession) not made in court: an extrajudicial offer does not carry the same penalty in expenses

Derivatives

extrajudicially

adverb

extrajudicial in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of extrajudicial in the US English dictionary
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