extrajudicial

ex·tra·ju·di·cial
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/ˌɛk.stɹə.d͡ʒuˈdɪ.ʃəl/

adjective

Out 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.”

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illegal
OriginEnglish judicial ← Latin iūdiciālis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? →
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Meanings

adjectiveextrajudicial (not comparable)

alternative extra-judicial

  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.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivebeyond the usual course of legal proceedings; legally unwarranted

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illegal
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  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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Translations

Bulgarian извънсъде́бен
  • извънсъде́бен (izvănsădében)carried out without legal authority
Catalan extrajudicial
  • extrajudicialcarried out without legal authority
Chinese Mandarin 法外
  • 法外 (fǎwài)carried out without legal authority
Danish udenretslig, udenretlig
  • udenretsligcarried out without legal authority
  • udenretligcarried out without legal authority
Dutch buitengerechtelijke
  • buitengerechtelijkecarried out without legal authority
Finnish mielivaltainen, ilman tuomiota
  • mielivaltainencarried out without legal authority
  • ilman tuomiotacarried out without legal authority
French extrajudiciaire
  • extrajudiciairecarried out without legal authority
German außergerichtlich
  • außergerichtlichcarried out without legal authority
Italian extragiudiziale, extragiuridico
  • extragiudizialecarried out without legal authority
  • extragiuridicocarried out without legal authority
Japanese 超法規的な
  • 超法規的な (chōhōkiteki na)carried out without legal authority
Korean 초법적
  • 초법적 (chobeopjeok)carried out without legal authority
Norwegian Bokmål utenomrettslig
  • utenomrettsligcarried out without legal authority
Polish pozasądowy
  • pozasądowycarried out without legal authority
Portuguese extrajudicial
  • extrajudicialcarried out without legal authority
Romanian extrajudiciar
  • extrajudiciarcarried out without legal authority
Russian внесуде́бный
  • внесуде́бный (vnesudébnyj)carried out without legal authority
Spanish extrajudicial
  • extrajudicialcarried out without legal authority
Swedish utomrättslig
  • utomrättsligcarried out without legal authority
Ukrainian позасудови́й
  • позасудови́й (pozasudovýj)carried out without legal authority
Welsh allfarnwrol
  • allfarnwrolcarried out without legal authority

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with extrajudicial

officialinitialjudicialartificialbeneficialunofficialsuperficialinterstitialsacrificialprejudicialsurficialsimplicialsyncytialFishelnonjudicialadventitialaltricialcicatricialcomitialedificialnoninitialnonofficialnonsuperficialorificial
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Cite this entry
APA

extrajudicial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrajudicial

MLA

“extrajudicial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrajudicial. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extrajudicial,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrajudicial.

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