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What does extrajudicial mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word extrajudicial? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (law) Out of or beyond the power or authority of a court or judge; beyond jurisdiction.
  2. (law, of a punishment) Carried out without legal authority.
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The ruling regime is accused of carrying out extrajudicial executions and forcing dissidents into exile.
In the most extreme cases, it allows for the extrajudicial killing of black people without consequence.
Nor have we evolved a set of standards around extrajudicial investigations of criminal cases.
Prisons are never happy places, and places of prolonged, extrajudicial detention and torture seem to retain their edge for a very long time.
If the debtor is subsequently ordered to settle the debt, the judge will also sustain the claim for extrajudicial collection costs.
The question is was it a mistake or an extrajudicial execution.

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