Definition of "extrajudicial" []

• Outside of the authority of a court. (adjective)
• Outside of the usual judicial proceedings. (adjective)

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• "In 2001, despite threats and grenade attacks, Guatemalan judges eventually convicted three people for the murder of Bishop Juan José Gerardi, who had just released a report on the state's and the military's complicity in extrajudicial killings."
• "In 2001, despite threats and grenade attacks, Guatemalan judges eventually convicted three people for the murder of Bishop Juan José Gerardi, who had just released a report on the state's and the military's complicity in extrajudicial killings."
• "In matters of foreign policy, this has for some time resulted in extrajudicial executions — war — but we are a far cry in this administration from the million Iraqis that Bush wiped out."