extra-legal measure; special procedure beyond the law
A measure taken by a government or authority that goes beyond or outside the normal legal framework, often in exceptional circumstances. Used in political and legal contexts.
The government sometimes takes extra-legal measures in emergencies.
That decision was criticized as an extra-legal measure.
Compound of 超 (chō, 'beyond'), 法規 (hōki, 'laws and regulations'), 的 (teki, '-like'), and 措置 (sochi, 'measure'). The term is a modern legal/political coinage.