outlawry
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- noun
- /ˈaʊtˌlɔri/
- Archaic
- His actions led to his declaration of outlawry, which excluded him from the protection of the law.
Examples
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If she was unmarried and he kissed her against her will, then she was the principal in the case and his penalty was lesser outlawry.
Academic text (1997) -
Ringo, by contrast, like Glaucon's just man, bears the stigma of outlawry.
Academic text (1999) -
As one group of black observers pointed out in the riot's aftermath, the "mob must be taught that the American people will not tolerate any such outlawry."
Academic text (2000) -
The Outlawry Movement of the 1920s—the movement to outlaw war—sought to replace war with arbitration by first banning war and then developing a code of international law and a court with the authority to settle disputes.
Blog text (30) -
The town faced a serious problem with outlawry when a group of criminals openly defied the law.
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Many feared that continued outlawry would lead to anarchy and a breakdown of societal order.
Antonyms
How Lawless
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word outlawry comes from the simple parts out ('outside') and law ('rules'), and in medieval times it meant someone was put 'outside' the protection of the law. So outlawry is the state of being an outlaw or living outside the law.