Outlawry

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈaÊŠtlɔːɹi/

Origin

From outlaw + -ry, after Anglo-Norman utlagarie, utlarie et al., and Late Latin utlagaria.

Full definition of outlawry

Noun

1. (legal, historical) A declaration that an individual cannot benefit from the protection of law in a jurisdiction. from 14th c.
2. The action characteristic of an outlaw; lawlessness. from 19th c.
• 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 134:Through this ‘passing-out ceremony’ the apprentice became both proven in reliability and bound, Faust-like, to the rebel cause by his act of outlawry.