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Webster 1913 Edition
Outlawry
Out′lawˊry
,Noun.
pl.
Outlawries
. 1.
The act of outlawing; the putting a man out of the protection of law, or the process by which a man (as an absconding criminal) is deprived of that protection.
2.
The state of being an outlaw.
Webster 1828 Edition
Outlawry
OUT'LAWRY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
outlawry
outlawry
English
Noun
outlawry (plural outlawries)
- (law, historical) A declaration that an individual cannot benefit from the protection of law in a jurisdiction. [from 14th c.]
- The action characteristic of an outlaw; lawlessness. [from 19th c.]
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 134:
- Through this ‘passing-out ceremony’ the apprentice became both proven in reliability and bound, Faust-like, to the rebel cause by his act of outlawry.
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 134:
Translations
declaration removing someone from protection of law
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