GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Outlaw (outˈla̤ˌ), n. [AS. ūtlaga, ūtlah. See Out, and Law.]
   1. A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.  Blackstone.
   
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   2. A person engaging habitually in criminal activity, especially theft or robbery; an habitually lawless person, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
   
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   Outlaw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outlawed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Outlawing.] [AS. tlagian.]
   
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   1. To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw.  Blackstone.
   
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   2. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, “to outlaw a debt or claim”; to deprive of legal force. “Laws outlawed by necessity.”  Fuller.
   
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   3. To render illegal; to ban, prohibit, or proscribe under sanction of some penalty.
   
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