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extrajudicial

ex·tra·ju·di·cial

/ˌɛk.stɹə.d͡ʒuˈdɪ.ʃəl/

adjective

What it means

  1. not comparablelawOut of or beyond the power or authority of a court or judge; beyond jurisdiction.

    An extrajudicial conveyance is effected by the act of the parties and does not involve, as in the fine and recovery, judicial proceedings.

  2. not comparablelawCarried out without legal authority.

In a sentence

An extrajudicial conveyance is effected by the act of the parties and does not involve, as in the fine and recovery, judicial proceedings.

Where it comes from

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
  4. Proto-Italic*eksteros
  5. Latinexter
  6. Latinextrā
  7. Englishextra-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂óyu
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂yew-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂yéwos
  12. Proto-Italic*jowos
  13. Latiniūs
  14. Proto-Indo-European*deyḱ-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*déyḱs
  16. Latiniūdex
  17. Latiniūdicō
  18. Latiniūdicium
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  21. Latiniūdiciālis
  22. Englishjudicial
  23. Englishextrajudicial

From extra- + judicial.

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