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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Dictionary Results for outlawry:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
outlawry
    n 1: illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of
         the law [syn: lawlessness, outlawry]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Outlawry \Out"law`ry\, n.; pl. Outlawries.
   1. The act of outlawing; the putting a man out of the
      protection of law, or the process by which a man (as an
      absconding criminal) is deprived of that protection.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The state of being an outlaw.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. Defiance of the law; habitual criminality.
      [PJC]
3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
OUTLAWRY, Eng. law. The act of being put out of the protection of the law 
by process regularly sued out against a person who is in contempt in 
refusing to become amenable to the court having jurisdiction. The 
proceedings themselves are also called the outlawry. 
     2. Outlawry may take place in criminal or in civil cases. 3 Bl. Com. 
283; Co. Litt. 128; 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 4196. 
     3. In the United States, outlawry in civil cases is unknown, and if 
there are any cases of outlawry in criminal cases they are very rare. Dane's 
Ab. eh. 193, a, 34. Vide Bac. Ab. Abatement, B; Id. h.t.; Gilb. Hist. C. P. 
196, 197; 2 Virg. Cas. 244; 2 Dall. 92.
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