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Webster 1913 Edition

Outlaw

Out′lawˊ

(out′la̤ˊ)
,
Noun.
[AS.
ūtlaga
,
ūtlah
. See
Out
, and
Law
.]
1.
A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection.
Blackstone.

Out′lawˊ

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Outlawed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Outlawing
.]
[AS.
[GREEK]tlagian
.]
1.
To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to declare to be an outlaw.
Blackstone.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Outlaw

OUT'LAW

,
Noun.
A person excluded from the benefit of the law, or deprived of its protection. Formerly any person might kill an outlaw; but it is now held unlawful for any person to put to death an outlaw, except the sheriff, who has a warrant for that purpose.

OUT'LAW

,
Verb.
T.
To deprive of the benefit and protection of law; to proscribe.

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