Definition of "outlawry" []

• The act or process of outlawing or the state of having been outlawed. (noun)
• Defiance of the law. (noun)

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• "This constitutes the prohibited practice of 'outlawry' forbidden by the Texas Constitution, Article 1 Section 20."
• "Levinson wrote: The principle underlying the outlawry of war is this: The law should always be on the moral side of every question."
• "Article 23b of the Hague Regulations, signed by the U.S. and other nations in 1907, prohibits assassination, proscription, or outlawry of an enemy, or putting a price upon an enemy's head, as well as offering a reward for an enemy 'dead or alive'."