Wolf's Head
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In old English law
A terra applied to outlaws. They who were outlawed in old English law were said to carry a wolf's head; for, if caught alive, they were to be brought to the king, and if they defended themselves, they might be slain and their heads carried to the king, for they were no more to be accounted of than wolves. Termes de la Ley, "Woolforthfod."