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Extrajudicial [fr. extra and judicium, Lat.], out of the regular course of legal procedure. An extrajudicial dictum is the same as an obiter dictum. See DICTUM....
extrajudicial
extrajudicial 1 : not involving, occurring in, or forming part of a legal proceeding [a creditor's repossession of property] [an investigation] ;esp : out-of-court [an identification] 2 : stemming from something outside of a court proceeding [a judge disqualified for bias that is and not derived from the evidence presented] 3 : occurring or arising outside of the course of judicial duties [a judge's conduct] ex·tra·ju·di·cial·ly adv ...
Extrajudicial
Out of or beyond the power authority of a court or judge beyond jurisdiction not valid as a part of a judicial proceeding as extrajudicial oaths judgments etc are null and void...
family meeting
family meeting in the civil law of Louisiana : a formal extrajudicial meeting of relatives or next friends of a minor or interdict held esp. to advise a court, curator, or tutor ...
Extrajudicial conveyance
A conveyance as by deed effected by the act of the parties and not involving as in the fine and recovery judicial proceedings...
Hague conference
Hague conference. A conference of representatives of different States to consider the question of international peace and kindred subjects. So called because the place of meeting has been The Hague in South Holland (Netherlands). The first Hague Conference was the outcome of a circular letter of the Czar of Russia handed to all the foreign representatives accredited to the Court of St. Petersburg on the 24th August, 1898, and as a result the first Peace Conference met on 18th May, 1899. This conference brought about the creation of a Permanent Court of Arbitration, and each of the Powers signing the Hague Arbitration Convention could appoint four persons, who constituted a panel or general list of arbitrators from which as occasion arises selection can be made. The Hague Arbitration Court has dealt with complicated international disputes. A second Peace Conference met at the Hague on 18th June, 1907. Consult Higgins, Hague Conference.Means the convention on the service Abroad of Judici...
Obiter dictum
Obiter dictum, an opinion not necessary to a judgment. See DICTUM.An 'Obiter dictum' is an observation which is either not necessary for the decision of the case or does not relate to the material facts in issue, K. Jayarama Iyer v. State of Hyderabad, AIR 1954 Hyd 56.It is a remark made or opinion expressed by a judge in his decision upon a cause, 'by the way' -- that is, incidentally or collaterally, and not directly upon the question before the court, or it is any statement of law enunciated by the judge or court merely by way of illustration, argument, analogy, or suggestion ...... In the common speech of lawyers, all such extrajudicial expressions of legal opinion are referred to as 'dicta', or 'obiter dicta', these two terms being used interchangeably, Brief Making and the Use of Law Books, William M. Lile et al. 304 (3rd Edn., 1914)....
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