Outlawry \Out"law`ry\, n.; pl. {Outlawries}. 1. The act of outlawing; the putting a man out of the protection of law, or the process by which a man (as an absconding criminal) is deprived of that protection. 2. The state of being an outlaw.
outlawry n : illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law [syn: {lawlessness}]