Legal Definition and Related Resources of Outlaw
Meaning of Outlaw
A person deprived of the benefits of the law. Also, a person who has violated and is hiding from the law.
Outlaw Alternative Definition
In English law. One who is put out of the protection or aid of the law. 22 Viner, Abr. 316; 1 Phil. Ev. Index; Bac. Abr. Outlawry; 2 Sellon, Prac. 277; Doct. Plac. 331; 3 Bl. Comm. 283, 284.
Synonyms of Outlaw
verb
- aqua et igni interdicere
- banish
- bar
- declare illegal
- declare unlawful
- exclude
- expel
- forbid by law
- make unlawful
- place outside the protection of the law
- proscribe
- proscribere
- put beyond the protection of the law
- reject
- repel
noun
- bandit
- brigand
- convict
- criminal
- delinquent
- evildoer
- felon
- fugitive
- fugitive from the law
- habitual criminal
- habitual offender
- hardened criminal
- lawbreaker
- lawless individual
- malefactor
- miscreant
- notorious criminal
- offender
- offender against society
- proscriptus
- public enemy
- racketeer
- recidivist
- robber
- swindler
- thief
- transgressor
- underworld character
- violator of the law
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Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Outlaw
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Old English utlaga “one put outside the law” (and thereby deprived of its benefits and protections), from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse utlagi; this term is also a noun. “outlaw,” from utlagr (adj.) “outlawed, banished,” from ut “out” (see out (adverb)) + *lagu, plural of lag “law” (see law). [G]if he man to dea_e gefylle, beo he _onne utlah [”Laws of Edward & Guthrum,” c.924] Meaning “one living a lawless life” is first recorded 1880. As an adjective from Old English.
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