extrajudicialadj.
/ˌɛkstrədʒuːˈdɪʃəl/ 1. Lying outside the proceedings in court; forming no part of the case before the court. Of an opinion, confession, etc.: Not delivered from the bench, not made in court, informal.
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society > law > administration of justice > [adjective] > liable or able to be dealt with by court > not
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1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 237 The Plaintiff..requires him [Defendant] to come to make an extrajudiciall satisfaction.
1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. App. 47 The accusation was extra-judicial, and out of Court.
a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 414 No extrajudicial confession could be allowed in a Court.
1871 W. Markby Elem. Law §60 The opinion of the judge..is considered as extra-judicial.
2. Outside the ordinary course of law or justice; not legally authorized; unwarranted.
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society > law > rule of law > illegality > [adjective] > beyond the law
exorbitantc1460
extrajudicial1641
preterlegal1649
exlex1909
1641 in Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion (1702) I. iii. 172 Some rigorous and extrajudicial Determinations in cases of Plantations.
1706 Rushw. in Burton's Diary (1828) III. 47 By an extra~judicial order..the Lieutenant-general was commanded to suffer none but the keepers to speak to him.
1785 W. Paley Moral & Polit. Philos. (1818) I. 267 That extrajudicial discipline, which supplies the defects..of law.
1849 J. Grant Mem. Kirkaldy xxiv. 273 The extra-judicial murder of his comrade.
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