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out-of-court

Legal Definition of out-of-court

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Definition of out-of-court

Alternative forms

  • out of court

Adjective

out-of-court (not comparable)

  1. (law) Without resorting to formal legal action.

    To avoid the negative publicity, we arrived at an out-of-court settlement

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