outlawry

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
15
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈaʊtlɔːɹi/ (UK)

Definition of outlawry

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, historical, uncountable)A declaration that an individual cannot benefit from the protection of law in a jurisdiction.
    “Notwithstanding any disposition made or to be made , by virtue or colour of any attainder , outlawry , fugacy , or other forfeiture”
    “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.”
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noun

  1. (countable, historical, uncountable)A declaration that an individual cannot benefit from the protection of law in a jurisdiction.
    “Notwithstanding any disposition made or to be made , by virtue or colour of any attainder , outlawry , fugacy , or other forfeiture”
    “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.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)The state of being an outlaw; lawlessness.
    “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.”

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English outlawerie, from outlawe + -erie after Anglo-Norman utlagarie, utlarie, and Late Latin utlagaria; by surface analysis, outlaw + -ry.

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