In criminal law. A punishment inflicted upon criminals, by com-pelling them to quit a city, place, or country for a specified period of time, or for llfe. See Cooper v. Telfair. 4 Dali. 14, 1 L. Ed. 721; People v. Potter, 1 Park. Cr. R. (N. ¥.) 54
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
