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What does out-of-court mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word out-of-court? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (law) Without resorting to formal legal action.
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A woman who won an out-of-court settlement after taking her employer to a tribunal is launching her own fashion empire in York next month.
Here are some actions you can take now that can help you keep your job in the event of unpleasantness, or at least do well in court or with an out-of-court settlement.
It was an out-of-court agreement concerning ownership litigation and other unresolved grievances.
There is litigation over the content, and an out-of-court settlement is reached.
Here in Australia there have been no court awards to individual smokers, and only two out-of-court settlements.
They reached an out-of-court settlement, but I understand that they received compensation for their troubles.

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