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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Outlaw \Out"law`\, n. [AS. ?tlaga, ?tlah. See {Out}, and {Law}.]
   A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of
   its protection. --Blackstone.

Outlaw \Out"law`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Outlawed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Outlawing}.] [AS. ?tlagian.]
   1. To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to
      declare to be an outlaw; to proscribe. --Blackstone.

   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.

Source : WordNet®

outlaw
     v : declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the
         U.S." [syn: {criminalize}, {criminalise}, {illegalize}, {illegalise}]
         [ant: {legalize}, {legalize}, {legalize}]

outlaw
     adj 1: contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of
            power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful
            measures" [syn: {illegitimate}, {illicit}, {outlaw(a)},
             {outlawed}, {unlawful}]
     2: disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the
        plains" [syn: {lawless}, {outlaw(a)}]

outlaw
     n : someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a
         crime [syn: {criminal}, {felon}, {crook}, {malefactor}]
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