outlawry

English

Etymology

From outlaw +‎ -ry, after Anglo-Norman utlagarie, utlarie et al., and Late Latin utlagaria.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtlɔːɹi/

Noun

outlawry (countable and uncountable, plural outlawries)

1. (law, historical) A declaration that an individual cannot benefit from the protection of law in a jurisdiction. [from 14th c.]
   • c. 1649, John Milton, Observations upon the Articles of Peace with the Irish Rebels […]

     Notwithstanding any disposition made or to be made , by virtue or colour of any attainder , outlawry , fugacy , or other forfeiture

     1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Enchantress, pages 42–23:

     The palace was confiscated, and its rich furniture sold; the Marchese di Montefiore was summoned to appear on a charge of sorcery; he came not to answer the accusation, and sentence of outlawry was passed against him.

2. The state of being an outlaw; lawlessness. [from 19th c.]
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 134:

     Through this ‘passing-out ceremony’ the apprentice became both proven in reliability and bound, Faust-like, to the rebel cause by his act of outlawry.

Translations

declaration removing someone from protection of law

• Danish: fredløshed c (Danish medieval law)
• Old English: ūtlagu f