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out-of-court

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Without resorting to formal legal action.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: law

Examples

  • To avoid negative publicity, we arrived at an out-of-court settlement.

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Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 庭外 (tíngwài) — without resorting to formal legal action
  • Czech: mimosoudní — without resorting to formal legal action
  • Dutch: minnelijk — without resorting to formal legal action
  • Dutch: in der minne — without resorting to formal legal action
  • Finnish: sovinto- — without resorting to formal legal action
  • Finnish: sovintoratkaisu — without resorting to formal legal action
  • French: à l'amiable — without resorting to formal legal action
  • German: außergerichtlich — without resorting to formal legal action
  • Hungarian: peren kívüli — without resorting to formal legal action
  • Hungarian: peren kívül — without resorting to formal legal action
  • Italian: in via amichevole — without resorting to formal legal action
  • Italian: stragiudiziale — without resorting to formal legal action
  • Polish: pozasądowy — without resorting to formal legal action
  • Romanian: extrajudiciar — without resorting to formal legal action
  • Russian: внесуде́бный (vnesudébnyj) — without resorting to formal legal action