extrajudicial

C2+ Topic:Law & Government
US /ˌɛkstrədʒuˈdɪʃəl/ UK /ˌɛkstrədʒuːˈdɪʃəl/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    outside or beyond the authority of a court of law

    Human rights groups condemned the extrajudicial killings.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · outside or beyond the... extralegalunofficialsummary
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Word family
Derived forms extrajudicially
Related forms judicialjudiciaryjudge

Etymology

From extra- ('outside') + judicial, from Latin judicialis, from judicium ('judgment'), from judex ('judge'), from jus ('law') + dicere ('to say').

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