Meanings
adjectiveout-of-court (not comparable)
alternative out of court
- not comparablelawWithout resorting to formal legal action.
To avoid negative publicity, we arrived at an out-of-court settlement.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 庭外
- 庭外 (tíngwài)without resorting to formal legal action
Czech mimosoudní
- mimosoudníwithout resorting to formal legal action
Dutch minnelijk, in der minne
- minnelijkwithout resorting to formal legal action
- in der minnewithout resorting to formal legal action
Finnish sovinto-, sovintoratkaisu
- sovinto-without resorting to formal legal action
- sovintoratkaisuwithout resorting to formal legal action
French à l'amiable
- à l'amiablewithout resorting to formal legal action
German außergerichtlich
- außergerichtlichwithout resorting to formal legal action
Hungarian peren kívüli, peren kívül
- peren kívüliwithout resorting to formal legal action
- peren kívülwithout resorting to formal legal action
Italian in via amichevole, stragiudiziale
- in via amichevolewithout resorting to formal legal action
- stragiudizialewithout resorting to formal legal action
Polish pozasądowy
- pozasądowywithout resorting to formal legal action
Romanian extrajudiciar
- extrajudiciarwithout resorting to formal legal action
Russian внесуде́бный
- внесуде́бный (vnesudébnyj)without resorting to formal legal action
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APA
out-of-court. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out-of-court
MLA
“out-of-court.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out-of-court. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “out-of-court,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out-of-court.
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