outlaw

v. deprive of protection of the law; declare a criminal; pronounce illegal

n. criminal; person outside the protection of the law; fugitive

For other senses of this word, see outlaw (disambiguation). An outlaw is a person living the lifestyle of outlawry, meaning literally "outside the law". In the common law of England, a judgment declaring someone an outlaw was one of the harshest penalties in the legal system, since the outlaw could not use the legal system to protect himself if needed, such as from mob justice.
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Noun
1. someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime
(synonym) criminal, felon, crook, malefactor
(hypernym) wrongdoer, offender
(hyponym) accessory, accessary
(derivation) criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise
Verb
1. declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S."
(synonym) criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise
(antonym) legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatise
(hypernym) forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow
(hyponym) ban, censor
(derivation) lawlessness, outlawry
Adjective
1. contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"
(synonym) illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(a), outlawed, unlawful
(similar) illegal
2. disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the plains"
(synonym) lawless, outlaw(a)
(similar) unlawful

(v. t.)
To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement; as, to outlaw a debt or claim; to deprive of legal force.
  

(v. t.)
To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw; to proscribe.
  

(n.)
A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.
  

OUTLAW - Engl. law. One who is put out of the protection or aid of the law.

OUTLAWRY - Engl. law. The act of being put out of the protection of the law by process regularly sued out against a person who is in contempt in refusing to become amenable to the court having jurisdiction. The proceedings themselves are also called the outlawry.

Outlawry may take place in criminal or in civil cases.

In the United States, outlawry in civil cases is unknown, and if there are any cases of outlawry in criminal cases they are very rare.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.