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> [1] A 'writ of outlawry' is an old legal instrument that allowed courts to withdraw the protection of the law to criminals it could not bring to justice. Murd

> [1] A 'writ of outlawry' is an old legal instrument that allowed courts to withdraw the protection of the law to criminals it could not bring to justice. Murdering them would be legally equivalent to killing a wild (non-endangered) animal. As you might imagine from a legal concept that is effectively The Purge IRL, it is not used anymore. Damn, you had me excited for a second. So there’s no chance I can get one of these from a small claims or administrative law judge? Like maybe even just a little one? How do these writs interact with other wildlife laws in California? Do I have to check if the individual is a native Californian (thus considered native wildlife) or will the judge do that for me? Does that mean I can capture them in a safari if I build the double layered fence enclosures and get them certified for exotic animals?

kmeisthax 3y ago
I don't think writs of outlawry ever existed in American law. The Wikipedia article on it lists a bunch of English examples, but even then, they're all fairly old - like the later examples are in the 1800s. Native species laws would not interact with writs of outlawry. Capturing outlaws and putting them in a safari would be construed as aiding and abetting, which might get you thrown in jail or outlawed yourself. I suspect if you tried to convince an English court to actually apply a writ of outlawry to someone, they'd write a scathing and condemning response to your request to have someone Purge'd by the small claims court. If you're absolutely itching to see what happens when someone tries to invoke an ancient and unrecognized function of the legal system, then perhaps you might want to watch this video, in which a lawyer reads and explains a legal filing in Iowa that petitions for trial by combat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMT9pyilkwA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMT9pyilkwA

kmeisthax 3y ago

I don't think writs of outlawry ever existed in American law. The Wikipedia article on it lists a bunch of English examples, but even then, they're all fairly old - like the later examples are in the 1800s. Native species laws would not interact with writs of outlawry. Capturing outlaws and putting them in a safari would be construed as aiding and abetting, which might get you thrown in jail or outlawed yourself. I suspect if you tried to convince an English court to actually apply a writ of outlawry to someone, they'd write a scathing and condemning response to your request to have someone Purge'd by the small claims court. If you're absolutely itching to see what happens when someone tries to invoke an ancient and unrecognized function of the legal system, then perhaps you might want to watch this video, in which a lawyer reads and explains a legal filing in Iowa that petitions for trial by combat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMT9pyilkwA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMT9pyilkwA