Definition of "parajudicial"

parajudicial

adjective
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1. (law) Of or relating to non-judicial personnel who assist judges in carrying out their function, such as law clerks.
  Quotations
  Finally, the court has found it possible to allocate numerous semi-judicial functions to parajudicial personnel for preliminary performance without diminishing quality of final product.
  1977, Thomas G. Gee, “The Imminent Destruction of the Fifth Circuit; or, How Not to Deal with a Blossoming Docket”, in Texas Tech Law Review, volume 9, Texas Tech University School of Law, page 799
  Providing parajudicial assistance to lighten judges' administrative workloads also would be inconsistent with increased judicial compensation.
  1974 December, James G. France, “The Williamsburg Consensus Revisited”, in William & Mary Law Review, volume 16, number 2, William & Mary Law School, page 238