Dictionary

outlawry en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈaʊtlɔːɹi/ (UK)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English outlawerie (equivalent to outlawe + -erie), after Anglo-Norman utlagarie /utlarie and Medieval Latin utlagaria, both from Old English utlagu + Latin -aria (suffix that forms abstract nouns from other nouns). By surface analysis, outlaw + -ry.

Meanings

1. (countable, historical, uncountable) A declaration that an individual cannot benefit from the protection of law in a jurisdiction.
   • The palace was confiscated, and its rich furniture sold; the Marchese di Montefiore was summoned to appear on a charge of sorcery; he came not to answer the accusation, and sentence of outlawry was passed against him. 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, pages 42–23:
   • Notwithstanding any disposition made or to be made , by virtue or colour of any attainder , outlawry , fugacy , or other forfeiture c. 1649, John Milton, Observations upon the Articles of Peace with the Irish Rebels […] :
2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being an outlaw; lawlessness.
   • 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. 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 134:

Forms

Antonyms

inlawry

Synonyms

outlawdom

Translations (4)

ang ūtlagu (declaration removing someone from protection of law) · enm outlawerie (declaration removing someone from protection of law) · da fredløshed (declaration removing someone from protection of law) · pl banicja (declaration removing someone from protection of law)