EXTRAJUDICIAL


Meaning of EXTRAJUDICIAL in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ adjective

Etymology: extra- + judicial

1.

a. : lying outside or beyond court proceedings : forming no valid part of a case before a court

an extrajudicial investigation

b.

(1) : not made before a judge or court in due course of legal proceedings

an extrajudicial confession

an extrajudicial oath

(2) : not made or delivered officially : informal , private

the judge made it clear that the opinion he voiced was extrajudicial

2. : lying outside, beyond, or contrary to the ordinary course of law or justice : not legally authorized

extrajudicial infliction of the death penalty

• ex·tra·judicially “+ adverb

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