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outlawry

[ out-law-ree ]

noun

plural 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.



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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ÔŽÇ²Ô·ŽÇ³Ü³Ùl²¹·Ér²â noun plural nonoutlawries
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of outlawry1

1350–1400; Middle English outlauerie < Anglo-French utlagerie, Medieval Latin ³Ü³Ù±ô²¹²µÄå°ùŸ±²¹ < Middle English outlage outlaw + Anglo-French -erie -ry, Medieval Latin -Äå°ùŸ±²¹ -ary
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Example Sentences

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She went on, “Cheyenne, far from being a wild town of border outlawry, is a center of refined elegance and fashion.”

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He knew what confronted him if he attacked these—outlawry, excommunication from official society, the loss of his whole social position.

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In those same years Canute decreed in England that whoever committed a deed of outlawry should forfeit his lands to the King.

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He appended his signature to the decree of outlawry launched in 1815 by the European powers against Napoleon.

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A prince, town, or community, that incurred the sentence of outlawry, lost thereby at once all liberties, privileges, and graces.

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