n. [ AS. ūtlaga, ūtlah. See Out, and Law. ] 1. A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A person engaging habitually in criminal activity, especially theft or robbery; an habitually lawless person, especially one who is a fugitive from the law. [ PJC ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Outlawed p. pr. & vb. n. Outlawing. ] [ AS. &unr_;tlagian. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
1. To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, to outlaw a debt or claim; to deprive of legal force. “Laws outlawed by necessity.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. To render illegal; to ban, prohibit, or proscribe under sanction of some penalty. [ PJC ]
adj. 1. contrary to or forbidden by law; banned; illicit; as, a member of an outlawed political party. Syn. -- illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(prenominal), unlawful. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n.; pl.Outlawries1. The act of outlawing; the putting a man out of the protection of law, or the process by which a man (as an absconding criminal) is deprived of that protection. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. The state of being an outlaw. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Defiance of the law; habitual criminality. [ PJC ]
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