Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for OUT'LAW
OUT'LAW, a. [Sax. utloga; out and law.]
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 sherif, who has a warrant for that purpose. Blackstone.
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