OUTLAW

n. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection. Blackstone.

2.
v.

To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw; to proscribe. Blackstone.

3.
v.

To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, to outlaw a debt or claim; to deprive of legal force. "Laws outlawed by necessity." Fuller.


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