outlawry

  • 11outlawry — out·law·ry …

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  • 12outlawry — /ˈaʊtlɔri/ (say owtlawree) noun (plural outlawries) 1. the act or process of outlawing. 2. the state of being outlawed. 3. disregard or defiance of the law. {Middle English outlawerie, from Anglo French} …

  • 13outlawry — A common law doctrine, long since abolished or come into disuse in the United States, whereunder the property of one convicted of a crime was forfeited to the crown or state, he being placed, as it were, outside the law. United States v Hall, 198 …

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  • 14outlawry — noun illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law • Syn: ↑lawlessness • Derivationally related forms: ↑outlaw, ↑lawless (for: ↑lawlessness) • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 15process of outlawry — See attainder by process of outlawry; outlawry …

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  • 16attainder by process of outlawry — Adjudging a person who has fled to be an outlaw …

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  • 17exlegalitas — Outlawry …

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  • 18Outlawries — Outlawry Out law ry, n.; 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being an… …

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  • 19fugitation — Outlawry; the flight of a criminal from justice …

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  • 20Outlaw — Frank (right) and Jesse James (left) in 1872. The James brothers led a gang of outlaws in the Old West era. This article is about the legal concept. For other uses, see Outlaw (disambiguation). In historical legal systems, an outlaw is declared… …

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