OUTLAW

Outlaw

In historical legal systems, an outlaw is declared as outside the protection of the law. In pre-modern societies, the criminal is withdrawn all legal protection, so that anyone is legally empowered to persecute or kill them.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. 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

Noun

  1. A fugitive from the law.
  2. A person who is excluded from normal legal rights.
  3. A person who operates outside established norms.
    The main character of the play was a bit of an outlaw who refused to shake hands or say thank you.
  4. A wild horse.
  5. An in-law: a relative by marriage.

Verb

  1. To declare illegal
  2. To place a ban upon
  3. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement.
    to outlaw a debt or claim
  4. To deprive of legal force.
    Laws outlawed by necessity. — Fuller.


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