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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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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