- process of outlawry
- See attainder by process of outlawry; outlawry.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
process of outlawry
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outlawry — In old English law, a process by which a defendant or person in contempt on a civil or criminal process was declared an outlaw. If for treason or felony, it amounted to conviction and attainder. In the United States, the process of outlawry seems … Black's law dictionary
outlawry — index banishment, criminality, lynch law, prohibition Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being an outlaw.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
attainder by process of outlawry — Adjudging a person who has fled to be an outlaw … Ballentine's law dictionary
outlawry — /owt law ree/, n., pl. outlawries. 1. the act or process of outlawing. 2. the state of being outlawed. 3. disregard or defiance of the law: a man whose outlawry had made him a folk hero. [1350 1400; ME outlauerie < AF utlagerie, ML utlagaria < ME … Universalium
outlawry — /ˈaʊtlɔri/ (say owtlawree) noun (plural outlawries) 1. the act or process of outlawing. 2. the state of being outlawed. 3. disregard or defiance of the law. {Middle English outlawerie, from Anglo French} …
attainder — at·tain·der /ə tān dər/ n [Anglo French atteinder, from ateindre to convict, sentence, literally, to reach, attain, ultimately from Latin attingere to reach, from ad to + tangere to touch]: the termination of the civil rights of a person upon a… … Law dictionary
Outlaw (stock character) — Though the judgment of outlawry is obsolete, romanticised outlaws became stock characters in several fictional settings. This was particularly so in the United States, where outlaws were popular subjects of newspaper coverage and stories in the… … Wikipedia
exigent — exigent, exigi facias Exigent, /eksajant/ exigi facias /ekssjay feys(h)iyas/ L. Lat. In English practice, a judicial writ made use of in the process of outlawry, commanding the sheriff to demand the defendant (or cause him to be demanded, exigi… … Black's law dictionary
exigi facias — exigent, exigi facias Exigent, /eksajant/ exigi facias /ekssjay feys(h)iyas/ L. Lat. In English practice, a judicial writ made use of in the process of outlawry, commanding the sheriff to demand the defendant (or cause him to be demanded, exigi… … Black's law dictionary
