Outlaw
/ˈaʊtˌlɔː/noun
A person declared to be outside the protection of the law.
Did you know?In medieval English law, outlawry could strip a person of legal protection so completely that they were treated as existing outside the king’s peace.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
ūtlagu
“a person placed outside the protection of the law”
Old Norse
ON
útlagi
“an outlaw, one banished from the law”
Late Old English
OE
ūtlagian
“to outlaw, to declare outside the law”
Middle English
ME
outlage
“an outlaw; the condition of being outlawed”
Modern English
English
outlaw
“a person who lives outside the law; also, to declare illegal”