outlawry

plural outlawries

1. countablehistoricaluncountablelawA declaration that an individual cannot benefit from the protection of law in a jurisdiction.First known use 14th c.

   Notwithstanding any disposition made or to be made , by virtue or colour of any attainder , outlawry , fugacy , or other forfeiture

   c. 1649, John Milton, Observations upon the Articles of Peace with the Irish Rebels […]

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   The palace was confiscated, and its rich furniture sold; the Marchese di Montefiore was summoned to appear on a charge of sorcery; he came not to answer the accusation, and sentence of outlawry was passed against him.

   1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, pages 42–23

2. countableuncountableThe state of being an outlaw; lawlessness.First known use 19th c.

   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, published 2006, page 134

   Synonyms: outlawdom · Antonyms: inlawry