extrajuridical

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adjective

Occurring outside of the rule of law or the administration of justice; going beyond that which is juridical.

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Meanings

adjectiveextrajuridical (not comparable)

alternative extra-juridical · alternative extrajuridicial

  1. not comparableOccurring outside of the rule of law or the administration of justice; going beyond that which is juridical.

    […] an extrajuridical violence or a violence understood as such—so threatening to both camps. In this regard, Benjamin suggests that “the law's interest in a monopoly of violence vis-à-vis individuals is explained not by the intention of […]

    2014, Kevin Attell, Giorgio Agamben: Beyond the Threshold of Deconstruction

Origin

extra- + juridical

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APA

extrajuridical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrajuridical

MLA

“extrajuridical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrajuridical. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extrajuridical,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extrajuridical.

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