Legal Definition and Related Resources of Unlawful
Meaning of Unlawful
In its widest sense, it means that which is contrary to law, that which is illegal and also that which violates some legal right. No action can be founded upon any transaction that is unlawful.
Unlawful Alternative Definition
That to which the law Is opposed. It is not strictly synonymous with “illegal,” though so used quite often. “Illegal” means positively forbidden, while “unlawful” may include things which are immoral, or against public policy. Sweet.
Synonyms of Unlawful
adjective
- actionable
- against the law
- contraband
- criminal
- forbidden
- illegal
- illegitimate
- illicit
- inlicitus
- lawless
- non legitimus
- not allowed by law
- outlawed
- prohibited
- transgressive
- unallowed
- unauthorized
- unconstitutional
- unlicensed
- unsanctioned
- unwarranted
- vetitus
- wrongful
- wrongous
- Associated Concepts: unlawful accumulation
- unlawful act
- unlawful assembly
- unlawful combination
- unlawful contract
- unlawful detainer
- unlawful detention
- unlawful enrichment
- unlawful entrapment
- unlawful entry
- unlawful flight
- unlawful force
- unlawful picketing foreign phrases: Ex pacto illicito non oritur actio
- From an unlawful agreement
- no action will lie
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Translate Unlawful Search (And Seizure) from English to Spanish
Translation of Unlawful Search (And Seizure) , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Registro (e incautamiento) ilegal and other legal terms is available here.
- Registro (e incautamiento) ilegal
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Translate Unlawful Imprisonment from English to Spanish
Translation of Unlawful Imprisonment , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Secuestro and other legal terms is available here.
- Secuestro
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Grammar
This term is an adjetive.
Etimology of Unlawful
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contrary to law, illegal, c. 1300, from un- (1) “not” + lawful. Unlawful assembly is recorded in statutes from late 15c. Related: Unlawfully. Old English had a noun unlagu (“unlaw”) “illegal action, abuse of law.”
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