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extrajuridical

extrajuridical adjective: occurring outside of the rule of law or the administration of justice; going beyond that which is juridical.

Adjective

extrajuridical (not comparable)

  1. Occurring outside of the rule of law or the administration of justice; going beyond that which is juridical.
    • […] an extrajuridical violence or a violence understood as such—so threatening to both camps. In this regard, Benjamin suggests that “the law's interest in a monopoly of violence vis-à-vis individuals is explained not by the intention of […]2014, Kevin Attell, Giorgio Agamben: Beyond the Threshold of Deconstruction

Forms of extrajuridical

alternative formextra-juridical
alternative formextrajuridicial

Origin of extrajuridical

extra- + juridical

Words formed from extrajuridical

  • extrajuridically

Questions about extrajuridical

What does extrajuridical mean?
Extrajuridical means occurring outside of the rule of law or the administration of justice; going beyond that which is juridical.
What part of speech is extrajuridical?
Extrajuridical is an adjective.

Words near extrajuridical in the dictionary

  1. extrajections
  2. extrajudicial
  3. extrajudiciality
  4. extrajudicially
  5. extrajunctional
  6. extrajuridical
  7. extralaminar
  8. extralarge
  9. extralaryngeal
  10. extralegal
  11. extralegally

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