outlawry

  • 1outlawry — index banishment, criminality, lynch law, prohibition Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 2Outlawry — 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 outlaw.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3outlawry — [out′lô΄rē] n. pl. outlawries 1. an outlawing or being outlawed 2. the state or condition of being an outlaw 3. disregard or defiance of the law …

    English World dictionary

  • 4outlawry — /owt law ree/, n., pl. outlawries. 1. the act or process of outlawing. 2. the state of being outlawed. 3. disregard or defiance of the law: a man whose outlawry had made him a folk hero. [1350 1400; ME outlauerie < AF utlagerie, ML utlagaria < ME …

    Universalium

  • 5outlawry — In old English law, a process by which a defendant or person in contempt on a civil or criminal process was declared an outlaw. If for treason or felony, it amounted to conviction and attainder. In the United States, the process of outlawry seems …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 6outlawry — outlaw ► NOUN 1) a fugitive from the law. 2) historical a person deprived of the benefit and protection of the law. ► VERB 1) make illegal; ban. 2) historical deprive of the benefit and protection of the law. DERIVATIVES outlawry no …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7outlawry — noun see outlaw II …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 8outlawry — noun A declaration that an individual cannot benefit from the protection of law in a jurisdiction …

    Wiktionary

  • 9outlawry — Synonyms and related words: anarchy, anomie, banishment, blackballing, clearance, criminalism, criminality, defrocking, degradation, demotion, depluming, deportation, deprivation, detachment, disbarment, discard, disfellowship, disjunction,&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 10outlawry — out·law·ry || aÊŠtlɔːrɪ n. state or position of being an outlaw; disregard or disobedience of the law …

    English contemporary dictionary