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outlawry

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈaʊtlɔːɹi/Part of speech nounSorted alortuwyStarts with OEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English outlawerie, from outlawe + -erie after Anglo-Norman utlagarie, utlarie, and Late Latin utlagaria; by surface analysis, outlaw + -ry.

Used in a sentence

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

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