noun
- plural of outlawry; the acts or conditions of being declared an outlaw or outside the protection of the law
Usage: legal; historical
Examples
- The medieval king issued several outlawries against rebellious nobles.
- Historical records document numerous outlawries during times of political upheaval.
- The outlawries were eventually reversed when the new government took power.
- Legal scholars studied the outlawries as examples of ancient justice systems.
- The outlawries left the accused without legal recourse or protection.