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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Outlaw \Out"law`\, n. [AS. ?tlaga, ?tlah. See {Out}, and {Law}.]
A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of
its protection. --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Outlaw \Out"law`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Outlawed}; p. pr & vb
n. {Outlawing}.] [AS. ?tlagian.]
1. To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to
declare to be an outlaw; to proscribe. --Blackstone.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
outlaw
adj 1: contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of
power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful
measures" [syn: {illegitimate}, {illicit}, {outlaw(a)},
{outlawed}, {unlawful}]
2: disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the
plains" [syn: {lawless}, {outlaw(a)}]
n : someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a
crime [syn: {criminal}, {felon}, {crook}, {malefactor}]
v : declare illegal [syn: {criminalize}, {illegalize}] [ant: {legalize},
{legalize}]
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