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Lawless

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Not subject to law; not controlled by law; not authorized by law; not observing the rules and forms of law. See Arkansas v. Kansas & T. Coal Co. (C. C.) 96 Fed. 362.

Lawless court. An ancient local English court, said to have been held in Essex once a year, at cock-crowing, without a light or pen and ink, and conducted in a whisper. Jacob.

Lawless man. An outlaw.