out of court

idiom

: without going to court : without a lawsuit
They were able to settle/resolve the case out of court.

Examples of out of court in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Guilfoyle has been the subject of at least 13 malpractice lawsuits, 12 of which were settled out of court; one was dismissed. Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2023 Last year, the county filed a motion to have the lawsuit tossed out of court. Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023 Booz Allen denied the accusation and settled the case out of court. By Jessica Guynn, Jayme Fraser and Nick Penzenstadler, Usa Today and Will Evans, Reveal, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023 That decision led to a two-year-long legal dispute with the Trump Organization, which the parties settled out of court in April 2017. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 9 Feb. 2023 See all Example Sentences for out of court 

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“Out of court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/out%20of%20court. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

Legal Definition

out-of-court

adjective
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
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