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out-of-court

out-of-court adjective: without resorting to formal legal action.

Adjective

out-of-court (not comparable)

  1. Without resorting to formal legal action.
    • To avoid negative publicity, we arrived at an out-of-court settlement.

Forms of out-of-court

alternative formout of court

Questions about out-of-court

What does out-of-court mean?
Out-of-court means without resorting to formal legal action.
What part of speech is out-of-court?
Out-of-court is an adjective.

Words near out-of-court in the dictionary

  1. out-of-character
  2. out-of-college
  3. out-of-context
  4. out-of-control
  5. out-of-course
  6. out-of-court
  7. out-of-date
  8. out-of-dateness
  9. out-of-door
  10. out-of-doors
  11. out-of-office

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