Outlawry
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In English law
A process by which a defendant or person in contempt on a civll or criminal process was declared an outlaw. If for treason or felony, it amounted to conviction and attainder.
Stim. Law Gloss. See Respublica v. Doan, 1 Dall.(Pa.) 86, 1 L. Ed. 47; Dale County v. Gunter, 46 Ala, 138; Drew v. Drew, 37 Me. 391.