unlawn.

Brit.

/ˈʌnlɔː/, U.S.

/ˈənˌlɔ/,

/ˈənˌlɑ/, Scottish English

/ˈʌnlɔ/

Forms:

α. see un- prefix¹ and law n.¹

β. Scottish pre-1700 hunlaue, pre-1700 hunlaw.

γ. Scottish pre-1700 nonlaw, pre-1700 nownlaw, pre-1700 nunlaw.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably partly modelled on an early Scandinavian lexical item. Etymons: un- prefix¹, law n.¹

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + law n.¹, probably partly after early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic úlǫg (plural noun) injustice, lawlessness (Icelandic ólög , plural noun), Norwegian ulag ill temper, disorder, (regional) evil custom or habit, Old Swedish olagh (Swedish olag ), Old Danish ulog (Danish ulov ), both in sense ‘violation of the law, illegal action’). Compare unlay n.The γ. forms show metanalysis (see N n.). In Old English the word occurs frequently in the works (including law codes) of Wulfstan, Archbishop of York (d. 1023).

a. Violation of the law; illegal action; illegality, criminality; injustice; an instance of any of these. In later use also: absence of the rule of law, lawlessness.Between the 14th cent. and its revival in the 19th cent., only in occasional Scots use, chiefly in † wrong and unlaw n. Obsolete minor wrongdoing of a kind not attracting the most severe penalties (cf. wrong n.² 2b).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > violation of law

unlawOE

wrongc1270

surfeitc1400

violation1433

wrongdoing1480

unlawfulnessa1500

transgressing1535

contravention1579

anomy1595

non-reason1597

contravening1645

law-breaking1881

OE Wulfstan Sermo ad Anglos (Nero) (1957) 267 Ac dæghwamlice man ihte yfel æfter oðrum & unriht rærde & unlaga manege ealles to wide gynd ealle þas þeode.

OE Laws of Æðelred II (Nero) v. i. §1. 236 Ures hlafordes gerædnes & his witena is, þæt man rihte laga up arære & ælce unlaga georne afylle.

OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 975 Godes wiþærsacan Godes lage bræcon..& fela unrihta & yfelra unlaga arysan up siððan.

in C. Innes Registrum Monasterii de Passelet (1832) 52 Cum omnibus..aisiamentis et placitis de wot, de wrang et hunlaue.

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 9705 Ȝuf..eni man made is apel, ȝuf me dude him vnlawe.

a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 8795 Ȝyf þou dedyst euer þat vnlawe, A man oute of holy cherche to drawe.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19196 Þe lauerd þat bidd þe man wit-stand, Vnlau it es to tell in land.

c1430 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 471 Torth & noun raysoun quod dicitur wrang et unlaw.

1566 Actis & Constit. Scotl. f. xxxv^v The quhilkis sall decreit all maters of wrang and vnlaw within the Burgh.

c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 60 The defendar in his answering deny the wrang and unlaw.

1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. Robert I in Regiam Majestatem 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).

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xxi. 620 This state of things was what our fathers called unlaw.

1881 E. B. Pusey (title) Unlaw in judgements of the Judicial Committee of Privy Council.

1883 E. H. Browne Serm. Reading Congr. 15 The conflict between law and unlaw, between Christianity and irreligion.

1957 Internat. & Compar. Law Q. 6 196 The learned author selects most of his examples from..fields like labour relations where there is little law or much unlaw.

2013 BusinessWorld (Nexis) 23 Sept. s1/5 But how to engender the rule of law when most organs of accountability are tethered to the rule of unlaw?

†b. An evil custom or habit. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil habit > [noun]

unlawc1225

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > immoral conduct or habits > a vice or bad habit

unthewc897

miswonea1200

unlawc1225

vicea1300

misthewa1325

mistetch?c1450

bestiality1594

vitiosity1643

misteach1803

unvirtue1869

c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Royal) 558 Bireowseð ower sunnen,..leaueð ower unlahen.

2. Scottish. A fine or other penalty imposed on an offender. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun]

witereden688

witec890

guiltwite964

ransom?c1225

amends1340

forfeiture1399

ush1417

recoverya1422

issue1424

unlaw1424

fine1430

forfeita1475

unlay1497

multure1533

estreatc1550

mulct1584

forfeitment1597

1424 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 5/1 Quha sa euer be conuickit..he sall pay xl s. for the vnlaw.

1459 in J. Anderson Cal. Laing Charters (1899) 37 Syndry unlawis, amerciamentis, and all uther fautis.

1496 in Acta Dominorum Concilii (1918) II. 2 Ane unlaw of xl s.

1535 ( in W. Fraser Registrum Monasterii Cambuskenneth (1872) 260 We found him dempt lauchfully in twa wnlawis to the said abbot.

1541 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 65 The baxstaris for thair falt salbe punist..with viii s. of vnlaw.

1567 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1875) III. 242 Quhatsumeuer persoun..being convict of bludewyte, sall pay ane vnlaw of fyve pund.

1613 in Northern Notes & Queries (1886) 1 74 Under the payne of ane vnlaw of ane pound Fleymis.

1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 206 The unlaw to be ten Pound.

1732 J. Louthian Form of Process 273 Fines, Amerciaments, or Unlaws inflicted upon Offenders,..are sometimes ordained wholly to be paid to the King.

1824 R. Clark View of Office of Sheriff In Scotl. 47 If the witness..fail to appear on the day fixed, he incurs a fine or unlaw of one hundred merks.

1901 R. Renwick in M. Maclean Archæol., Educ., Med., & Charitable Inst. Glasgow 61 It was agreed that all fees and unlaws falling to any of the magistrates should thenceforth be paid to the treasurer for the common use of the town.

1995 Sc. Hist. Rev. 74 37 In the absence of the bailie his depute was to..raise and gather in the unlaws and amercements at the command of the abbot.

Phrases

† Scottish. not worth the king's unlaw: (of a poor or destitute person) not meeting the property qualification of £10 Scots for acting as a witness (an amount equivalent to that of a standard fine for minor offences; cf. sense 2). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1611 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 140 He being ane vagabund, without ony residence, nocht worth the Kingis vnlaw.

1698 J. Kirkwood Plea before Kirk 14 Beggars or such as live on charity, or not worth the kings unlaw, as we say.

1723 in H. Paton Rothesay Parish Rec. (1931) 376 As to Catherine Spence he only objects she is not worth the King's unlaw.

1767 in R. S. Craig & A. Laing Hawick Tradition (1898) 243 [He] is not worth the King's unlaw, being on the Parish Roll or Poors List.

1772 Proof led in Process against W. Macmaster (Parish of Port Patrick) 39 Being maintained in the poors-house.., it is evident he is not worth the King's unlaw.

1826 R. Bell & W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. (ed. 3) II. 549 A witness was formerly inadmissible who was not worth the King's unlaw, i. e. the sum of L.10 Scots.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

unlawv.¹

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈlɔː/, U.S.

/ˌənˈlɔ/,

/ˌənˈlɑ/, Scottish English

/(ˌ)ʌnˈlɔ/

Forms: see unlaw n.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: unlaw n.

Etymology: < unlaw n.

Scottish. Now historical and rare.

1. transitive. To impose a fine or other penalty on (an offender). Also intransitive. Cf. unlaw n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > fine > [verb (transitive)]

mulct?a1475

gersum1483

unlaw1508

finea1513

check1526

to be put to one's fine1542

punish1552

forfeitc1592

tinsel1609

sconce1641

physic1821

to fix (a person) with liability1833

log1889

c1430 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 346/2 Item..to his [sc. the justice's] clerk for ilk man vnlawit or sald ij s.

1479 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 23/1 William Boyde..has callit Robert Boyd & William Boyde his sone & vnlawit thaim & raisit vnlawis of thaim vtouth ther avne landis.

1508 Reg. Privy Seal Scotl. I. 244/2 That nane of ȝow presume to call, geif sentence, unlaw,..the said Johnne.

1564 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 307 [He] wes unlawit in the soum..of ane thowsand markis.

1613 in R. M. Fergusson A. Hume (1899) 199 The counsall..have..unlawit the said Adam..for his said offence.

1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. ii. 419 A Barron may unlaw for absence, for ten Pounds.

1710 in J. J. Vernon Par. & Kirk Hawick (1900) 203 [They] were each of them..fyned and onlawed in egregious ryotts.

1732 J. Louthian Form of Process 295 The several Sheriff Deputes,..if any be absent,..are unlawed in 100 Merks each.

1820 Edinb. Mag. June 538/2 There is a person unlawed for shooting a swan.

1883 J. Martine Reminisc. Royal Burgh Haddington 221 The Convention 5th Aug^st 1578 unlawed Haddington for pursuing the town of Dunbar before the Session.

1920 Eng. Hist. Rev. 35 181 The sheriff could take no action until and unless the baron unlawed his tenant.

1937 W. C. Dickinson Court Bk. Barony of Carnwath Introd. p. lxxvii How then were the tenants of the baron to know when the next court would be held, in order that they might render their court service and thus avoid being unlawed for absence?

†2. intransitive. To pay a fine. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > fine > [verb (intransitive)] > pay fine

unlaw1528

1528 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 95 Jhone Clerkis wyf vas fondin be devis of the communite unabyll to unlaw and vas ordinit to be put out of the toun.

1692 in W. Hector Judic. Rec. Renfrew (1876) 54 Ilk ane o' them ought to unlaw to the Pror.-Fiscal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† unlawv.²

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², law v.

Etymology: < un- prefix² + law v.

Obsolete.

transitive. To annul (a law).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > illegality > render illegal [verb (transitive)] > deprive of legal validity

abatea1325

squatcha1325

voida1325

allayc1325

annul1395

reverse1395

revokec1400

rupt?a1425

repealc1425

abroge1427

defeat1429

purloin1461

cassa1464

toll1467

resume1472

reprove1479

suspend1488

discharge1495

reduce1498

cassate1512

defease1512

denulla1513

disannula1513

fordoa1513

avoid1514–5

abrogate?1520

frustrate1528

revert1528

disaffirm?1530

extinct1530

resolve1537

null1538

nihilate1545

extinguish1548

elidec1554

revocate1564

annullate1570

squat1577

skaila1583

irritate1605

retex1606

nullify1607

unable1611

refix1621

vitiate1627

invalid1643

vacate1643

unlaw1644

outlaw1647

invalidate1649

disenact1651

vacuate1654

supersedec1674

destroy1805

break1891

1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 37 That also..no law can possibly permit, that intends not to unlaw it self.

1654 O. Cromwell Speech 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?

1704 T. Staynoe Salvation by Jesus Christ Alone II. ix. 223 The Law of Works cannot justly be altered: For, if it may; then the Law of Works would be so far unlawed.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

n.OE

v.¹c1430

v.²1644

单词	unlaw
释义	unlawn. Brit. /ˈʌnlɔː/, U.S. /ˈənˌlɔ/, /ˈənˌlɑ/, Scottish English /ˈʌnlɔ/ Forms: α. see un- prefix¹ and law n.¹ β. Scottish pre-1700 hunlaue, pre-1700 hunlaw. γ. Scottish pre-1700 nonlaw, pre-1700 nownlaw, pre-1700 nunlaw. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably partly modelled on an early Scandinavian lexical item. Etymons: un- prefix¹, law n.¹ Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + law n.¹, probably partly after early Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic úlǫg (plural noun) injustice, lawlessness (Icelandic ólög , plural noun), Norwegian ulag ill temper, disorder, (regional) evil custom or habit, Old Swedish olagh (Swedish olag ), Old Danish ulog (Danish ulov ), both in sense ‘violation of the law, illegal action’). Compare unlay n.The γ. forms show metanalysis (see N n.). In Old English the word occurs frequently in the works (including law codes) of Wulfstan, Archbishop of York (d. 1023). 1. a. Violation of the law; illegal action; illegality, criminality; injustice; an instance of any of these. In later use also: absence of the rule of law, lawlessness.Between the 14th cent. and its revival in the 19th cent., only in occasional Scots use, chiefly in † wrong and unlaw n. Obsolete minor wrongdoing of a kind not attracting the most severe penalties (cf. wrong n.² 2b). ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > violation of law unlawOE wrongc1270 surfeitc1400 violation1433 wrongdoing1480 unlawfulnessa1500 transgressing1535 contravention1579 anomy1595 non-reason1597 contravening1645 law-breaking1881 OE Wulfstan Sermo ad Anglos (Nero) (1957) 267 Ac dæghwamlice man ihte yfel æfter oðrum & unriht rærde & unlaga manege ealles to wide gynd ealle þas þeode. OE Laws of Æðelred II (Nero) v. i. §1. 236 Ures hlafordes gerædnes & his witena is, þæt man rihte laga up arære & ælce unlaga georne afylle. OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.iv) anno 975 Godes wiþærsacan Godes lage bræcon..& fela unrihta & yfelra unlaga arysan up siððan. in C. Innes Registrum Monasterii de Passelet (1832) 52 Cum omnibus..aisiamentis et placitis de wot, de wrang et hunlaue. c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 9705 Ȝuf..eni man made is apel, ȝuf me dude him vnlawe. a1400 (c1303) R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne (Harl.) 8795 Ȝyf þou dedyst euer þat vnlawe, A man oute of holy cherche to drawe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 19196 Þe lauerd þat bidd þe man wit-stand, Vnlau it es to tell in land. c1430 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 471 Torth & noun raysoun quod dicitur wrang et unlaw. 1566 Actis & Constit. Scotl. f. xxxv^v The quhilkis sall decreit all maters of wrang and vnlaw within the Burgh. c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 60 The defendar in his answering deny the wrang and unlaw. 1609 J. Skene tr. Stat. Robert I in Regiam Majestatem 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). 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xxi. 620 This state of things was what our fathers called unlaw. 1881 E. B. Pusey (title) Unlaw in judgements of the Judicial Committee of Privy Council. 1883 E. H. Browne Serm. Reading Congr. 15 The conflict between law and unlaw, between Christianity and irreligion. 1957 Internat. & Compar. Law Q. 6 196 The learned author selects most of his examples from..fields like labour relations where there is little law or much unlaw. 2013 BusinessWorld (Nexis) 23 Sept. s1/5 But how to engender the rule of law when most organs of accountability are tethered to the rule of unlaw? †b. An evil custom or habit. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > evil habit > [noun] unlawc1225 society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] > immoral conduct or habits > a vice or bad habit unthewc897 miswonea1200 unlawc1225 vicea1300 misthewa1325 mistetch?c1450 bestiality1594 vitiosity1643 misteach1803 unvirtue1869 c1225 (?c1200) St. Juliana (Royal) 558 Bireowseð ower sunnen,..leaueð ower unlahen. 2. Scottish. A fine or other penalty imposed on an offender. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [noun] witereden688 witec890 guiltwite964 ransom?c1225 amends1340 forfeiture1399 ush1417 recoverya1422 issue1424 unlaw1424 fine1430 forfeita1475 unlay1497 multure1533 estreatc1550 mulct1584 forfeitment1597 1424 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 5/1 Quha sa euer be conuickit..he sall pay xl s. for the vnlaw. 1459 in J. Anderson Cal. Laing Charters (1899) 37 Syndry unlawis, amerciamentis, and all uther fautis. 1496 in Acta Dominorum Concilii (1918) II. 2 Ane unlaw of xl s. 1535 ( in W. Fraser Registrum Monasterii Cambuskenneth (1872) 260 We found him dempt lauchfully in twa wnlawis to the said abbot. 1541 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 65 The baxstaris for thair falt salbe punist..with viii s. of vnlaw. 1567 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1875) III. 242 Quhatsumeuer persoun..being convict of bludewyte, sall pay ane vnlaw of fyve pund. 1613 in Northern Notes & Queries (1886) 1 74 Under the payne of ane vnlaw of ane pound Fleymis. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. i. 206 The unlaw to be ten Pound. 1732 J. Louthian Form of Process 273 Fines, Amerciaments, or Unlaws inflicted upon Offenders,..are sometimes ordained wholly to be paid to the King. 1824 R. Clark View of Office of Sheriff In Scotl. 47 If the witness..fail to appear on the day fixed, he incurs a fine or unlaw of one hundred merks. 1901 R. Renwick in M. Maclean Archæol., Educ., Med., & Charitable Inst. Glasgow 61 It was agreed that all fees and unlaws falling to any of the magistrates should thenceforth be paid to the treasurer for the common use of the town. 1995 Sc. Hist. Rev. 74 37 In the absence of the bailie his depute was to..raise and gather in the unlaws and amercements at the command of the abbot. Phrases † Scottish. not worth the king's unlaw: (of a poor or destitute person) not meeting the property qualification of £10 Scots for acting as a witness (an amount equivalent to that of a standard fine for minor offences; cf. sense 2). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1611 in R. Pitcairn Criminal Trials Scotl. (1833) III. 140 He being ane vagabund, without ony residence, nocht worth the Kingis vnlaw. 1698 J. Kirkwood Plea before Kirk 14 Beggars or such as live on charity, or not worth the kings unlaw, as we say. 1723 in H. Paton Rothesay Parish Rec. (1931) 376 As to Catherine Spence he only objects she is not worth the King's unlaw. 1767 in R. S. Craig & A. Laing Hawick Tradition (1898) 243 [He] is not worth the King's unlaw, being on the Parish Roll or Poors List. 1772 Proof led in Process against W. Macmaster (Parish of Port Patrick) 39 Being maintained in the poors-house.., it is evident he is not worth the King's unlaw. 1826 R. Bell & W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. (ed. 3) II. 549 A witness was formerly inadmissible who was not worth the King's unlaw, i. e. the sum of L.10 Scots. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). unlawv.¹ Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈlɔː/, U.S. /ˌənˈlɔ/, /ˌənˈlɑ/, Scottish English /(ˌ)ʌnˈlɔ/ Forms: see unlaw n. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: unlaw n. Etymology: < unlaw n. Scottish. Now historical and rare. 1. transitive. To impose a fine or other penalty on (an offender). Also intransitive. Cf. unlaw n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [verb (transitive)] mulct?a1475 gersum1483 unlaw1508 finea1513 check1526 to be put to one's fine1542 punish1552 forfeitc1592 tinsel1609 sconce1641 physic1821 to fix (a person) with liability1833 log1889 c1430 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 346/2 Item..to his [sc. the justice's] clerk for ilk man vnlawit or sald ij s. 1479 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 23/1 William Boyde..has callit Robert Boyd & William Boyde his sone & vnlawit thaim & raisit vnlawis of thaim vtouth ther avne landis. 1508 Reg. Privy Seal Scotl. I. 244/2 That nane of ȝow presume to call, geif sentence, unlaw,..the said Johnne. 1564 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 307 [He] wes unlawit in the soum..of ane thowsand markis. 1613 in R. M. Fergusson A. Hume (1899) 199 The counsall..have..unlawit the said Adam..for his said offence. 1678 G. Mackenzie Laws & Customes Scotl. ii. 419 A Barron may unlaw for absence, for ten Pounds. 1710 in J. J. Vernon Par. & Kirk Hawick (1900) 203 [They] were each of them..fyned and onlawed in egregious ryotts. 1732 J. Louthian Form of Process 295 The several Sheriff Deputes,..if any be absent,..are unlawed in 100 Merks each. 1820 Edinb. Mag. June 538/2 There is a person unlawed for shooting a swan. 1883 J. Martine Reminisc. Royal Burgh Haddington 221 The Convention 5th Aug^st 1578 unlawed Haddington for pursuing the town of Dunbar before the Session. 1920 Eng. Hist. Rev. 35 181 The sheriff could take no action until and unless the baron unlawed his tenant. 1937 W. C. Dickinson Court Bk. Barony of Carnwath Introd. p. lxxvii How then were the tenants of the baron to know when the next court would be held, in order that they might render their court service and thus avoid being unlawed for absence? †2. intransitive. To pay a fine. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > fine > [verb (intransitive)] > pay fine unlaw1528 1528 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 95 Jhone Clerkis wyf vas fondin be devis of the communite unabyll to unlaw and vas ordinit to be put out of the toun. 1692 in W. Hector Judic. Rec. Renfrew (1876) 54 Ilk ane o' them ought to unlaw to the Pror.-Fiscal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † unlawv.² Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², law v. Etymology: < un- prefix² + law v. Obsolete. transitive. To annul (a law). ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > illegality > render illegal [verb (transitive)] > deprive of legal validity abatea1325 squatcha1325 voida1325 allayc1325 annul1395 reverse1395 revokec1400 rupt?a1425 repealc1425 abroge1427 defeat1429 purloin1461 cassa1464 toll1467 resume1472 reprove1479 suspend1488 discharge1495 reduce1498 cassate1512 defease1512 denulla1513 disannula1513 fordoa1513 avoid1514–5 abrogate?1520 frustrate1528 revert1528 disaffirm?1530 extinct1530 resolve1537 null1538 nihilate1545 extinguish1548 elidec1554 revocate1564 annullate1570 squat1577 skaila1583 irritate1605 retex1606 nullify1607 unable1611 refix1621 vitiate1627 invalid1643 vacate1643 unlaw1644 outlaw1647 invalidate1649 disenact1651 vacuate1654 supersedec1674 destroy1805 break1891 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 37 That also..no law can possibly permit, that intends not to unlaw it self. 1654 O. Cromwell Speech 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? 1704 T. Staynoe Salvation by Jesus Christ Alone II. ix. 223 The Law of Works cannot justly be altered: For, if it may; then the Law of Works would be so far unlawed. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.OEv.¹c1430v.²1644
随便看	dull-house dull-looking dull-making dull-pate dull-pated dull-scented dull-sighted dull-smelling dull-spirited dull-surfaced dull-voiced dull-witted dull-wittedly dull-wittedness dullard dullardism dullardness dullards dullbrained dullbrowed dullcoloured dullconceited dulldisposed dulled dulledged

unlawn.

Phrases

unlawv.1

† unlawv.2

unlawv.¹

† unlawv.²