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extrajudicial

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Out of or beyond the power or authority of a court or judge; beyond jurisdiction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: law

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Carried out without legal authority.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

beyond the usual course of legal proceedings; legally unwarranted

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an extrajudicial penalty

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h1eǵhsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- Proto-Indo-European *h2ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h2óyu Proto-Indo-European *h2yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h2yéwos Proto-Italic *jowos Latin iūs Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *déyḱ-s ~ *diḱ-és Proto-Italic *-diks Latin iūdex Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin iūdicō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin iūdicium Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin iūdiciālisbor. English judicial English extrajudicial From extra- + judicial.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: пазасудо́вы (pazasudóvy) — carried out without legal authority
  • Bulgarian: извънсъде́бен (izvǎnsǎdében) — carried out without legal authority
  • Catalan: extrajudicial — carried out without legal authority
  • Chinese Mandarin: 法外 (fǎwài) — carried out without legal authority
  • Danish: udenretslig — carried out without legal authority
  • Danish: udenretlig — carried out without legal authority
  • Dutch: buitengerechtelijke — carried out without legal authority
  • Finnish: mielivaltainen — carried out without legal authority
  • Finnish: ilman tuomiota — carried out without legal authority
  • French: extrajudiciaire — carried out without legal authority
  • Galician: extraxudicial — carried out without legal authority
  • German: außergerichtlich — carried out without legal authority
  • Italian: extragiudiziale — carried out without legal authority
  • Italian: extragiuridico — carried out without legal authority
  • Japanese: 超法規的な (chōhōkiteki na) — carried out without legal authority
  • Korean: 초법적 (chobeopjeok) — carried out without legal authority
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utenomrettslig — carried out without legal authority
  • Polish: pozasądowy — carried out without legal authority
  • Portuguese: extrajudicial — carried out without legal authority
  • Romanian: extrajudiciar — carried out without legal authority
  • Russian: внесуде́бный (vnesudébnyj) — carried out without legal authority
  • Spanish: extrajudicial — carried out without legal authority
  • Swedish: utomrättslig — carried out without legal authority
  • Ukrainian: позасудови́й (pozasudovýj) — carried out without legal authority
  • Welsh: allfarnwrol — carried out without legal authority