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▪ I. ˈunlaw, n.
[OE. unlaᵹu (un-1 12), = ON. úlög (pl.), Icel. ólög, Norw. ulag, Sw. olag, MDa. ulog (Da. ulov).]
1. Illegal action; illegality.
After the early 14th cent. only in occasional Sc. use, but revived by recent writers.
1008Laws Ethelred (Lieberm.) I. 236 Þæt man rihta laᵹe up-arære & ælce unlaᵹa ᵹeorne afylle. a1200in Kemble Cod. Dipl. IV. 195 Ich nelle suððen ðat man hym eny unlawe beode. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 9705 Ȝuf..eni man made is apel, ȝuf me dude him vnlawe. a1300Cursor M. 19196 Þe lauerd þat bidd þe man wit-stand, Vnlau it es to tell in land. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 8795 Ȝyf þou dedyst euer þat vnlawe, A man oute of holy cherche to drawe. 1318Sc. Acts Parlt. (1844) I. 471 Torth & noun raysoun quod dicitur wrang et unlaw. 14..Ibid. 347/2 Bot þai hald na court of lyfe and lym bot of jniur and vnreson þat is to say wrang and vnlaw. 1609Skene Reg. Maj., Stat. Robt. I, 23 Sa lang as he or his preloquutour defends tort and non reason, that is, wrang and vnlach (that is to haue done na iniurie, nor vnreason agains the Law).
1871Freeman Norm. Conq. xxi. IV. 620 This state of things was what our fathers called unlaw. 1876Ibid. xxii. V. 52. 1881 Pusey (title), Unlaw in Judgements of the Judicial Committee of Privy Council. 1883Bp. E. H. Browne Serm. Reading Congress 15 The conflict between law and unlaw, between Christianity and irreligion.
†b. An evil custom or habit. Obs.—1
a1225Juliana 72 Bireowseð ower sunnen,..leaueð ower unlahen.
†2. Sc. A fine or amercement; a penalty. Obs.
1424Sc. Acts, Jas. I (1814) II. 5/1 Quha sa euer be conuickit.., he sall pay xl. s. for þe vnlaw. 1459in Laing Charters (1899) 37 Syndry unlawis amerciamentis and all uther fautis. 1496Acta Dom. Conc. II. 2 Ane unlaw of xl s. 1541Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 65 The baxstaris for thair falt salbe punist..with viii s. of vnlaw. 1613in Northern N. & Q. I. 74 Under the payne of ane vnlaw of ane pound Fleymis. 1678Sir G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. i. xix. §15 The Unlaw to be ten Pound. 1732J. Louthian Form of Process 273 Fines, Amerciaments, or Unlaws inflicted upon Offenders,..are sometimes ordained wholly to be paid to the King. 1767in Craig & Laing Hawick Tradition (1898) 243 [He] is not worth the King's unlaw, being on the Parish Roll or Poors List.
▪ II. unlaw, v.
[f. prec., or un-2 3, 7.]
†1. trans. (also absol.) To fine, amerce. Sc. Obs.
14..in Sc. Acts Parlt. (1844) I. 710/2 Item..to his [sc. the justice's] clerk for jlk man vnlawit or sald, ij s. 1491[see the vbl. n.]. 1508Reg. Privy Seal Scotl. I. 244/2 That nane of ȝow presume to call, geif sentence, unlaw,..the said Johnne. 1564Reg. Privy Council Scot. I. 307 [He] wes unlawit in the soum..of ane thowsand markis. 1613in R. M. Fergusson A. Hume (1899) 199 The counsall..have..unlawit the said Adam..for his said offence. 1678Sir G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. ii. xiii. §3 A Barron may unlaw for Absence, for ten Pounds. 1710in J. J. Vernon Par. & Kirk Hawick (1900) 203 [They] were each of them..fyned and onlawed in egregious ryotts. 1732J. Louthian Form of Process 295 The several Sheriff Deputes,..if any be absent,..are unlawed in 100 Merks each.
†b. intr. To pay a fine. Obs.—1
1692in W. Hector Judic. Rec. Renfrew (1876) 54 Ilk ane o' them ought to unlaw to the Pror.-Fiscal.
2. trans. To annul (a law). Also refl. rare.
1644Milton Areop. (Arb.) 76 That also..no law can possibly permit, that intends not to unlaw it self. 1654Cromwell Sp. 12 Sept. (Carlyle), Of what assurance is a Law to prevent so great an evil, if it lie in the same Legislature to unlaw it again?
Hence unˈlawing vbl. n.
1491Acta Dom. Audit. (1839) 164/1 Þe vnlawing of þe said alexr. blare. 1511Reg. Privy Seal Scotl. I. 351/2 That thai desist..fra all..unlawing, forfaltin and proceding agains the said David. 1651N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. ii. xxvii. 213 The King hath a power of Lawing, and Unlawing in Christs kingdome. |