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outlawry (iou) and (iou)


outlawry (iou)



outlawry noun. LME.
[Repr. Anglo-Norman utlagerie, Anglo-Latin utlagaria, from OUTLAW noun (whence Anglo-Latin utlaga) + Proto-Romance -erie -ERY, -RY.]
The action of putting a person outside the protection of the law, the legal process by which a person was made an outlaw (obsolete exc. Hist.); the condition of being outlawed. Formerly also, exile, banishment. LME.
Outlaws collectively. M16-L19.
Disregard or defiance of the law. M19.

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