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outlawries

outlawries is the plural of outlawry.

Meaning of outlawry

Noun

outlawry (countable and uncountable, plural outlawries)

  1. (historical) A declaration that an individual cannot benefit from the protection of law in a jurisdiction.
    • Notwithstanding any disposition made or to be made , by virtue or colour of any attainder , outlawry , fugacy , or other forfeiturec. 1649, John Milton, Observations upon the Articles of Peace with the Irish Rebels […]
  2. The state of being an outlaw; lawlessness.
    • 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.1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 134
    Synonyms:
    outlawdom
    Antonyms:
    inlawry

Questions about outlawries

What is outlawries the plural of?
Outlawries is the plural of outlawry.

Words near outlawries in the dictionary

  1. outlawed
  2. outlawing
  3. outlawish
  4. outlawism
  5. outlawness
  6. outlawries
  7. outlawry
  8. outlaws
  9. outlawyer
  10. outlawyered
  11. outlawyering

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