1.
[syn: lawlessness, outlawry]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
3. Defiance of the law; habitual criminality.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
outlawry
n 1: illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of
the law [syn: lawlessness, outlawry]