matplotlib
diff --git a/‎lib/matplotlib/figure.py
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@@ -1121,12 +1121,15 @@ def legend(self, *args, **kwargs):
             # handle outside legends:
             if isinstance(loc, str):
                 if loc.split()[0] == 'outside':
-                    loc = loc.split(' ', 1)[1:]
+                    # strip outside:
+                    loc = loc.split('outside ')[1]
+                    # strip "center" at the beginning
                     outside = loc.replace('center ', '')
+                    # strip first
                     outside = outside.split()[0]
                     locs = loc.split()
                     if len(locs) > 1 and locs[0] in ('right', 'left'):
-                        # loc doesn't accept "left upper", etc, so swap
+                        # locs doesn't accept "left upper", etc, so swap
                         if locs[0] != 'center':
                             locs = locs[::-1]
                         loc = locs[0] + ' ' + locs[1]