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outlawry.

A declaration that an individual cannot benefit from the protection of law in a jurisdiction.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈaʊtlɔːɹi/UK
  1. A declaration that an individual cannot benefit from the protection of law in a jurisdiction.

    countable · historical · uncountable
  2. The state of being an outlaw; lawlessness.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

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.

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