alsatia
📖 Definitions
noun
1. A sanctuary.
2. A lawless place.
💬 Usage Examples
“‘[The] state has set out to create an Alsatia -- a region of executive action free of judicial oversight,’ said Lord Justice Sedley.” Paul Lashmar; Law Lords Slam Crime Agency for Freezing UMBS Payments; The Independent on Sunday (London, UK); May 27, 2007. “Maggie always appeared in the most amiable light at her aunt Moss’s; it was her Alsatia, where she was out of the reach of law.” George Eliot; The Mill on the Floss; William Blackwood and Sons; 1860.