noun
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the act of outlawing or the state of being outlawed
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disregard for the law
Other Word Forms
- nonoutlawry noun
Etymology
Origin of outlawry
1350–1400; Middle English outlauerie < Anglo-French utlagerie, Medieval Latin utlagāria < Middle English outlage outlaw + Anglo-French -erie -ry, Medieval Latin -āria -ary
Example Sentences
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But whether or not the Uncas carried enslaved people out of the United States for sale or imported them from Cuba illegally, it made a definitive turn to outlawry in May 1843.
From Slate • Dec. 4, 2021
Wednesday’s 15-point release from the league office fills in a bunch of key details about the Saints’ outlawry.
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2012
The Stones set the mold for the testosteronic bad-boy bands of the next 40 years; they made outlawry in.
From Time • Oct. 26, 2010
They argued that they had broken one law in order to halt what they believed was a greater act of outlawry.
From Time Magazine Archive
Protection Act 1772; and by the Forfeiture Act 1870, a felon no longer forfeits land or goods on conviction, though forfeiture on outlawry is not abolished.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
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