outlawry
English edit
Etymology edit
From outlaw + -ry, after Anglo-Norman utlagarie, utlarie et al., and Late Latin utlagaria.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
outlawry (countable and uncountable, plural outlawries)
- (law, historical) A declaration that an individual cannot benefit from the protection of law in a jurisdiction. [from 14th c.]
- c. 1649, John Milton, Observations upon the Articles of Peace with the Irish Rebels […]
- Notwithstanding any disposition made or to be made , by virtue or colour of any attainder , outlawry , fugacy , or other forfeiture
- 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, pages 42–23:
- 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.
- c. 1649, John Milton, Observations upon the Articles of Peace with the Irish Rebels […]
- The state of being an outlaw; lawlessness. [from 19th c.]
- 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 134:
- 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.
Translations edit
declaration removing someone from protection of law
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