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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Outlaw

Out'law, n.

noun

n. [A-S. ûtlaga, ûtlah.] A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection. Blackstone.

Out'law, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. OUTLAWED; p. pr. & vb. n. OUTLAWING.] [A-S. ûtlagian, geûtlagian.]

  1. To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; 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.