What does out-of-court mean?

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out-of-court

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  1. out-of-courtadjective

    Without resorting to formal legal action.

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

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of out-of-court in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of out-of-court in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of out-of-court in a Sentence

  1. Judge Sullivan:

    Judge Sullivan went on to warn Geoffrey Klimas that Geoffrey Klimas was not immune from being held in contempt either. You're in a very difficult position, but you're walking out of court with your colleagues, that might not always be the case, okay ?

  2. Melissa Murray:

    In light of the risks of proceeding to trial, The Duke of York may try to reach an out of court settlement with Virginia Giuffre, assuming Virginia Giuffre is amenable to resolving the case via settlement, while this would avoid public disclosure of embarrassing evidence( on either side) it might be viewed by some as an acknowledgment of misconduct, contradicting the duke's earlier television interview where he disclaimed any allegations of wrongdoing.

  3. Michael Avenatti:

    Mr. Johnson's claims are categorically false and frivolous, and his case will be thrown out of court.

  4. Clarence Darrow:

    There is no such thing as justice--in or out of court.

  5. Raj Shah:

    False charges are settled out of court all the time and this is nothing outside the ordinary.

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