extrajudicial

English

Alternative forms

• extra-judicial

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros

Proto-Italic *eksteros

Latin exter

Latin extrā

English extra-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey-

Proto-Indo-European *-u

Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos

Proto-Italic *jowos

Latin iūs

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *déyḱ-s ~ *diḱ-és

Proto-Italic *-diks

Latin iūdex

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin iūdicō

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ium

Latin iūdicium

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin iūdiciālisbor.

English judicial

English extrajudicial

From extra- + judicial.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪʃəl

Adjective

extrajudicial (not comparable)

1. (law) Out of or beyond the power or authority of a court or judge; beyond jurisdiction.

   An extrajudicial conveyance is effected by the act of the parties and does not involve, as in the fine and recovery, judicial proceedings.

2. (law, of a punishment) Carried out without legal authority.

   Coordinate terms: summary; nonjudicial, unjudicial

Derived terms

• extrajudiciality
• extrajudicially

Translations

carried out without legal authority

• Belarusian: пазасудо́вы (pazasudóvy)
• Bulgarian: извънсъде́бен (izvǎnsǎdében)
• Catalan: extrajudicial
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法外 (zh) (fǎwài)

• Danish: udenretslig, udenretlig
• Dutch: buitengerechtelijke (nl)
• Finnish: mielivaltainen (fi), ilman tuomiota
• French: extrajudiciaire (fr)
• Galician: extraxudicial
• German: außergerichtlich (de)
• Italian: extragiudiziale, extragiuridico
• Japanese: 超法規的な (ちょうほうてきな, chōhōkiteki na)
• Korean: 초법적(超法的) (chobeopjeok)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utenomrettslig

• Polish: pozasądowy (pl)
• Portuguese: extrajudicial (pt)
• Romanian: extrajudiciar (ro)
• Russian: внесуде́бный (ru) (vnesudébnyj)
• Spanish: extrajudicial (es)
• Swedish: utomrättslig (sv)
• Ukrainian: позасудови́й (pozasudovýj)
• Welsh: allfarnwrol

Catalan

Etymology

From extra- +‎ judicial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˌe̞ks.tɾə.ʒu.ði.siˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˌɛks.tɾə.ʒu.ði.siˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌeks.tɾa.d͡ʒu.ði.siˈal]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˌeks.tɾa.ʒu.ði.siˈal]
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

extrajudicial m or f (masculine and feminine plural extrajudicials)

1. extrajudicial

Derived terms

• extrajudicialment

Further reading

• “extrajudicial”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “extrajudicial”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “extrajudicial” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “extrajudicial”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Adjective

extrajudicial m or f (plural extrajudiciais, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of extraxudicial

Further reading

• “extrajudicial”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

From extra- +‎ judicial.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌes.tɾa.ʒu.d͡ʒi.siˈaw/ [ˌes.tɾa.ʒu.d͡ʒi.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ˌes.tɾa.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈsjaw/ [ˌes.tɾa.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈsjaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌes.tɾa.ʒu.d͡ʒi.siˈaw/ [ˌes.tɾa.ʒu.d͡ʒi.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ˌes.tɾa.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈsjaw/ [ˌes.tɾa.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈsjaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˌeʃ.tɾa.ʒu.d͡ʒi.siˈaw/ [ˌeʃ.tɾa.ʒu.d͡ʒi.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /ˌeʃ.tɾa.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈsjaw/ [ˌeʃ.tɾa.ʒu.d͡ʒiˈsjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɛʃ.tɾɐ.ʒu.diˈsjal/ [ˌɛʃ.tɾɐ.ʒu.ðiˈsjaɫ], /ˌɐjʃ.tɾɐ.ʒu.diˈsjal/ [ˌɐjʃ.tɾɐ.ʒu.ðiˈsjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɛʃ.tɾɐ.ʒu.diˈsjal/ [ˌɛʃ.tɾɐ.ʒu.ðiˈsjaɫ], /ˌɐjʃ.tɾɐ.ʒu.diˈsjal/ [ˌɐjʃ.tɾɐ.ʒu.ðiˈsjaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɛʃ.tɾɐ.ʒu.diˈsjal/ [ˌɛʃ.tɾɐ.ʒu.ðiˈsjaɫ], /ˌejʃ.tɾɐ.ʒu.diˈsjal/ [ˌejʃ.tɾɐ.ʒu.ðiˈsjaɫ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɛʃ.tɾɐ.ʒu.diˈsjal/ [ˌɛʃ.tɾɐ.ʒu.ðiˈsjaɫ], /ˌejʃ.tɾɐ.ʒu.diˈsjal/ [ˌejʃ.tɾɐ.ʒu.ðiˈsjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌɛʃ.tɾɐ.ʒu.diˈsja.li/ [ˌɛʃ.tɾɐ.ʒu.ðiˈsja.li], /ˌeʃ.tɾɐ.ʒu.diˈsja.li/ [ˌeʃ.tɾɐ.ʒu.ðiˈsja.li]

Adjective

extrajudicial m or f (plural extrajudiciais)

1. extrajudicial

Derived terms

• extrajudicialmente

Further reading

• “extrajudicial”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “extrajudicial”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From extra- +‎ judicial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡstɾaxudiˈθjal/ [eɣ̞s.t̪ɾa.xu.ð̞iˈθjal] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /eɡstɾaxudiˈsjal/ [eɣ̞s.t̪ɾa.xu.ð̞iˈsjal] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ex‧tra‧ju‧di‧cial

Adjective

extrajudicial m or f (masculine and feminine plural extrajudiciales)

1. extrajudicial

Derived terms

• extrajudicialmente

Further reading

• “extrajudicial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025