Outlawries

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

  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.
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     2. The state of being an outlaw.
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     3. Defiance of the law; habitual criminality.
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