extrajudicial
adjective
ex·tra·ju·di·cial
ˌek-strə-jü-ˈdi-shəl 
1
a
: not forming a valid part of regular legal proceedings
an extrajudicial investigation
b
: delivered without legal authority : private sense 2a(1)
the judge's extrajudicial statements
2
: done in contravention of due process of law
an extrajudicial execution
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Passed more than 25 years ago, the law’s authors intended to force foreign governments to hold their own accountable for violations like torture or extrajudicial killings — or their military assistance would be restricted.
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Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 15 Jan. 2025
The defendant has not only been held in contempt by other jurists in other matters, but this court alone found the defendant in contempt for ten distinct violations of the order restricting extrajudicial speech.
—Abc News, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025
At the time, Carter's administration was asking Congress to approve some $5 million in military aid to assist in the fight against leftist guerrillas, despite several reports of right-wing death squads carrying out extrajudicial killings against union organizers, teachers and priests.
—Jasmine Romero, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
As the civil war raged on, the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group committed numerous extrajudicial executions of Sudanese military forces.
—Collin J. Meisel, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
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Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 15 Jan. 2025
The defendant has not only been held in contempt by other jurists in other matters, but this court alone found the defendant in contempt for ten distinct violations of the order restricting extrajudicial speech.
—Abc News, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025
At the time, Carter's administration was asking Congress to approve some $5 million in military aid to assist in the fight against leftist guerrillas, despite several reports of right-wing death squads carrying out extrajudicial killings against union organizers, teachers and priests.
—Jasmine Romero, NPR, 10 Jan. 2025
As the civil war raged on, the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group committed numerous extrajudicial executions of Sudanese military forces.
—Collin J. Meisel, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2025
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extrajudicial
adjective
ex·tra·ju·di·cial
ˌek-strə-ju̇-ˈdi-shəl
1
: not involving, occurring in, or forming part of a legal proceeding
a creditor's extrajudicial repossession of property
an extrajudicial investigation
2
: stemming from something outside of a court proceeding
a judge disqualified for bias that is extrajudicial and not derived from the evidence presented
3
: occurring or arising outside of the course of judicial duties
a judge's extrajudicial conduct
extrajudicially
adverb
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