caput genere lupinum

caput genere lupinum
To bear the head of a wolf. The expression was anciently applied to an outlaw, and its meaning was that anyone might knock him on the head as a wolf, in case he would not peaceably surrender himself when taken. Drew v Drew, 37 Me 389, 391.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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  • outlaw — In the modern sense of the term, a notorious criminal, especially when a fugitive from the law. At common law, one made defendant in an outlawry proceeding or judicially declared to be an outlaw in a regular proceeding brought for the purpose of… …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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