dehors

Noun

All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover.

Preposition

(law) Out of; without; foreign to; out of the agreement, record, will, or other instrument.

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Origin

French dehors (“outside").

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dehors - Legal Definition

adj

French

. Outside or beyond the bounds of, as in matters that are dehors the trial record or the pages of a written agreement.

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