extrajudicial
/ek-struh-joo-dish-uhl/US // ˌɛk strə dʒuˈdɪʃ əl //UK // (ˌɛkstrədʒuːˈdɪʃəl) //
法外,法外处决,法外的,法外处决的
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : outside of judicial proceedings; beyond the action or authority of a court.
- : beyond, outside, or against the usual procedure of justice; legally unwarranted: an extrajudicial penalty.
Examples
In the most extreme cases, it allows for the extrajudicial killing of black people without consequence.
And if so, they were extrajudicial oaths, and not binding upon them.
The Recorder being thus unexpectedly lash'd for his extrajudicial Procedure, said, with an inraged Smile.
The ways of preventing or punishing injuries are judicial or extrajudicial.
This doctrine was entirely extrajudicial, and, as one of the judges declared, "an assumption of authority."
I protest against this whole proceeding of the House of Representatives as ex parte and extrajudicial.
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