- out-of-court
- adjective (of a settlement) made without the intervention of a court.
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
out-of-court
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out of court — Actions, including negotiations between parties or their attorneys, without any direct involvement of a judge or the judicial system. Most commonly it refers to an out of court settlement in which the parties work out a settlement agreement,… … Law dictionary
out of court — ➔ court1 * * * out of court UK US adverb ► LAW if two people or companies reach an agreement out of court, they find a solution to a legal argument without using a court of law: »Banks often opt to settle out of court … Financial and business terms
out-of-court — UK US /ˌaʊtəvˈkɔːt/ adjective [before noun] ► LAW an out of court agreement or deal is made between people involved in a legal argument without a decision needing to made in a court of law: a(n) out of court settlement/agreement/deal »The case… … Financial and business terms
out–of–court — adj 1: not made under oath or affirmation as part of a judicial proceeding (as a trial or deposition) an out–of–court statement 2: not made or done as part of a judicial proceeding an out–of–court settlement Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law.… … Law dictionary
out-of-court — adj. Arranged privately, outside of court or trial, by parties to a lawsuit. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. out of court adj. Done … Law dictionary
out-of-court — /owt euhv kawrt , kohrt /, adj. conducted or agreed upon between contending parties without court decision: an out of court settlement of a lawsuit. * * * … Universalium
out-of-court — adjective Without resorting to formal legal action. To avoid the negative publicity, we arrived at an out of court settlement … Wiktionary
out-of-court — adj. Out of court is used with these nouns: ↑settlement … Collocations dictionary
out-of-court settlement — n. An agreement reached privately by the parties to a lawsuit, settling their grievances and ending the lawsuit without intervention by the court. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney… … Law dictionary
out-of-court settlement — n an agreement to end a legal argument, in which one side agrees to pay money to the other so that the problem is not brought to court →settle sth out of court at ↑court1 (1) … Dictionary of contemporary English
To put out of court — Court Court (k[=o]rt), n. [OF. court, curt, cort, F. cour, LL. cortis, fr. L. cohors, cors, chors, gen. cohortis, cortis, chortis, an inclosure, court, thing inclosed, crowd, throng; co + a root akin to Gr. chorto s inclosure, feeding place, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
