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Against all tradition, two M.P.s had insisted on debating the first reading of a traditional dummy bill against "clandestine outlawries," which is not debatable and never gets to a second reading.

From Time Magazine Archive

These are the patriotic arguments for absenteeism; then come others, which may be classed under the head of "expediency reasons," such as debts, duns, outlawries, &c.

From Nuts and Nutcrackers by Lever, Charles James

These are the patriotic arguments for absenteeism; then come others, which may be classed under the head of “expediency reasons,” such as debts, duns, outlawries, &c.

From Nuts and Nutcrackers by Lever, Charles James

Suppression of the social hell, that is to say, of all irreparable stains, of all social outlawries for which there is neither end nor hope—it is an essentially religious idea.

From Amiel's Journal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Forfeitures and outlawries were to be pardoned, and the rights of private persons to be respected.

From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by Hunt, William