Out-of-court

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Without resorting to formal legal action. not-comparable

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

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amicably

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

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