Outlawing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Outlaw \Out"law`\, 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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