Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
OUTLAWRY
lawlessness, outlawry
(noun) illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
outlawry (countable and uncountable, plural outlawries)
(legal, historical) A declaration that an individual cannot benefit from the protection of law in a jurisdiction. [from 14th c.]
The state of being an outlaw; lawlessness. [from 19th c.]
Source: Wiktionary
Out"law`ry, n.; pl. Outlawries (.
1. The act of outlawing; the putting a man out of the protection of law, or the process by which a man (as an absconding criminal) is deprived of that protection.
2. The state of being an outlaw.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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