deprive of protection of the law; declare a criminal; pronounce illegal
criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive
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Outlaw Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Outlaw Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, to outlaw a debt or claim; to deprive of legal force.
To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, to outlaw a debt or claim; to deprive of legal force.
(v. t.)
To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw; to proscribe.
To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw; to proscribe.
(n.)
A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.
outlaw
see outlawry
A habitual lawbreaker.
Noun
1. someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime
(synonym) criminal, felon, crook, malefactor
(hypernym) wrongdoer, offender
(hyponym) accessory, accessary
(derivation) criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise
Verb
1. declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."
(synonym) criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise
(antonym) legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise
(hypernym) forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow
(hyponym) ban, censor
(derivation) lawlessness, outlawry
Adjective
1. contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"
(synonym) illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(a), outlawed, unlawful
(similar) illegal
2. disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the plains"
(synonym) lawless, outlaw(a)
(similar) unlawful
Outlaw Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
In historical legal systems, an outlaw is declared as outside the protection of the law. In pre-modern societies, this takes the burden of active prosecution of a criminal from the authorities. Instead, the criminal is withdrawn all legal protection, so that anyone is legally empowered to persecute or kill them. Outlawry was thus one of the harshest penalties in the legal system, since the outlaw had only himself to protect himself, but it also required no enforcement on the part of the justice system. In early Germanic law, the death penalty is conspicuously absent, and outlawing is the most extreme punishment, presumably amounting to a death sentence in practice.
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Outlaw Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
OUTLAW - Engl. law. One who is put out of the protection or aid of the law.
OUTLAWRY - Engl. law. The act of being put out of the protection of the law by process regularly sued out against a person who is in contempt in refusing to become amenable to the court having jurisdiction. The proceedings themselves are also called the outlawry.
Outlawry may take place in criminal or in civil cases.
In the United States, outlawry in civil cases is unknown, and if there are any cases of outlawry in criminal cases they are very rare.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
Courtesy of the 'Lectric Law Library.OUTLAWRY - Engl. law. The act of being put out of the protection of the law by process regularly sued out against a person who is in contempt in refusing to become amenable to the court having jurisdiction. The proceedings themselves are also called the outlawry.
Outlawry may take place in criminal or in civil cases.
In the United States, outlawry in civil cases is unknown, and if there are any cases of outlawry in criminal cases they are very rare.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
