Definition of Extrajudicial

1. Adjective. Beyond the usual course of legal proceedings; legally unwarranted. "An extrajudicial penalty"

Similar to: Illegal

Definition of Extrajudicial

1. a. Out of or beyond the proper authority of a court or judge; beyond jurisdiction; not legally required.

2. a. Out of or beyond the power authority of a court or judge; beyond jurisdiction; not valid as a part of a judicial proceeding; as, extrajudicial oaths, judgments, etc., are null and void.

Definition of Extrajudicial

1. Adjective. (context: legal of a punishment) Carried out without legal authority. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Extrajudicial

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Extrajudicial

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extrajudicial (current term)
extrajudicially
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Literary usage of Extrajudicial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Under Orders: War Crimes in Kosovo by Fred Abrahams (2001)
"An Analysis of extrajudicial Executions It should be noted that extrajudicial executions by state actors—deliberate killings with no judicial process—may be ..."

2. Human Rights in Guatemala During President de León Carpio's First Year by Human Rights Watch/Americas (1994)
"ra extrajudicial EXECUTIONS Guatemala's military and police forces and civil ... The Human Rights Office recorded 248 extrajudicial executions in 1993, ..."

3. Handbook on the Law of Torts by William Benjamin Hale, Edwin Ames Jaggard (1896)
"Remedies for torts may be divided into (a) extrajudicial remedies, ... extrajudicial remedies for tort arise in cases where the law justifies self-help. ..."

4. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence in Scotland by William Gillespie Dickson, John Skelton (1864)
"An extrajudicial admission is not full proof of the issue, ... extrajudicial confessions, whether made orally or in writing, are admissible in criminal ..."

5. Digest of the Scottish Law of Evidence by John Kirkpatrick (1882)
"extrajudicial admissions by a party to a civil action, extrajudicial unless made under undue ... extrajudicial ADMISSIONS BY ONE PARTY ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER. ..."

6. A Treatise on Judicial Evidence by Jeremy Bentham, Etienne Dumont (1825)
"Written extrajudicial evidence. 2. Derived or transmitted evidence. ... I. Inferior extrajudicial evidence. It may be divided into three branches: 1. ..."

7. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharwood, Barron Field (1866)
"... of which I shall first of all treat, before I consider the several reme- : jHS'tice, there is allowed in those cases an extrajudicial or ..."

8. Cambodia at War by Dinah PoKempner, Human Rights Watch/Asia, Arms Project (Human Rights Watch) (1995)
"extrajudicial EXECUTIONS As noted above, extrajudicial execution of any person who is taking no active part in hostilities is explicitly prohibited by ..."

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