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Meanings of outlawry in English

Illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law.

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Examples for "lawlessness"
Examples for "lawlessness"
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Law enforcement agencies and political figureheads slammed the lawlessness and promised retribution.
The South African
2
Some bemoaned the apparent lawlessness of the situation, pleading for legal intervention.
The South African
3
A certain lawlessness was abroad in the lonelier areas of the battlefields.
The Happy Foreigner
4
There is no neutrality possible in the face of lawlessness and Germanism.
Defenders of Democracy / Contributions from representative men a...
5
Militants have taken advantage of the area's lawlessness to set up strongholds.
Reuters
Usage of outlawry in English
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The institution of outlawry exists among the Wyandots in a peculiar form.
Wyandot Government: A Short Study of Tribal Society / Bureau of ...
2
But usually outlawry is declared only after trial before the tribal council.
Wyandot Government: A Short Study of Tribal Society / Bureau of ...
3
Such exclusion from the line is regarded as equal to complete outlawry.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
4
Driven to outlawry and poverty, no doubt many Netherlanders plunged into crime.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 17: 1570-72
5
Now he was free, but excommunication and outlawry hovered over his head.
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
6
Robert Hood was now living in outlawry among the woodland copses and thickets.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 02, December, 1857 / A Maga...
7
Its expression was softened; and this man of outlawry and blood became gentle.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2
8
Thus fortified in his outlawry, he began to look about him.
Openings in the Old Trail
9
The girl herself had no compensation for all this dread outlawry.
Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886
10
It's criminal court had the power of outlawry as did the shire courts.
Our Legal Heritage: The First Thousand Years: 600 - 1600 / King ...
11
Royal decrees of outlawry and ecclesiastical edicts of excommunication were issued against them.
The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism
12
Nor was it at his suggestion that Norbanus volunteered to share his outlawry.
Caesar Dies
13
He had reckoned from childhood on outlawry as his peculiar birthright.
The Education of Henry Adams
14
He had lost a boon companion when Publius Gabinius was driven into outlawry.
A Friend of Cæsar: A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Tim...
15
Subsequently, their actions became such, that he proclaimed their outlawry through the country.
The Life of Francis Marion
16
He had wounded and captured José Vaca, notorious in Sonora as leader in outlawry.
Jim Waring of Sonora-Town; Or, Tang of Life
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