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Outlawry
Outlawry meaning
A declaration that an individual cannot benefit from the protection of law in a jurisdiction. | The state of being an outlaw; lawlessness.
Synonyms of Outlawry
Example sentences (4)
The generality of Nigerians can no longer stomach their outlawry.
Many sagas of Icelanders are about feuds between families and their supporters; they give graphic accounts of fights, escapes, outlawry, and reconciliation.
Like Nemo, Ker Karraje plays "host" to unwilling French guests—but unlike Nemo, who manages to elude all pursuers, Karraje's career of outlawry is decisively ended by the combination of an international task force and the rebellion of his French captives.
This practice could have been a holdover from the ancient Germanic legal concept of outlawry (Acht).