☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Outlawry

The process by which a person who failed to appear in court was declared outside the protection of the law — anyone could kill an outlaw with impunity. Abolished for civil proceedings in 1879.

Category: English Legal History · Source: Abolished 1879
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