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People under Reichsacht, known as ''Geächtete'' or ''Vogelfreie'', lost all their rights and possessions. They were legally considered dead and anyone was allowed to rob, injure or kill them without legal consequences. The Reichsacht automatically followed the excommunication of a person, as well as extending to anyone offering help to a person under the imperial ban. ''Vogelfreie'' could reverse the ban by submitting to the legal authority. The ''Aberacht'', a stronger version of the Reichsacht, could not be reversed. The Reichsacht was sometimes imposed on whole Imperial Estates . In that case, other estates could attack and possibly conquer them. For the banned state that meant that they would loose their '' Reichsunmittelbarkeit '' and in the future have a second overlord in addition to the emperor. Famous people under the imperial ban included:
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