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Outrage

Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A grave injury; a serious wrong. A generic word which is applied to everything which is injurious in a great degree to the honor or rights of another. 44 Iowa 314.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Wanton injury to person or property. See 105 Iowa, 500, 75 N. W. 35.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A grave injury; a serious wrong. This is a generic word which is applied to everything which is injurious in a great degree to the honor or rights of another. Mc Kinley v. R. Co., 44 la. 314, 24 Am. Rep. 748.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Injurious violence, or, In general, any species of serious wrong, offered to the person, feelings or rights of another. See McKinley v. Railroad Co., 44 Iowa, 314, 24 Am. Rep. 748; Aldrich v. Howard, 8 R. I. 246; Mosnat v. Snyder, 105 Iowa, 500, 75 N. W. 356.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I fr. In old English law. right

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Injurious violence, or, in general, any species of serious wrong offered to the person, feelings, or rights of another, See 44 lowa, 314.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

A general term for any grave injury or heinous wrong; any violation of another's right which shocks the general moral sense. It is not a law term, though often met in the decisions on wrongs and crimes. Burrill says that it is of law-French origin, formerly meaning excess; more than is one's due or right. Outrage and indignity. In estimating damages in cases of assault and battery, in the meaning of outrage and indignity. Mc Kinley v. Chicago, &c. R. R. Co., 44 Iowa, 314.