Unlawful Definition

ŭn-lôfəl
adjective
Against the law; illegal.
Webster's New World
Contrary to accepted morality or convention; illicit.
American Heritage
Against moral or ethical standards; immoral.
Webster's New World
Not authorized by law; illegal.
Webster's New World Law
Punishable under criminal law.
Webster's New World Law
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Unlawful Sentence Examples

  • How long shall they wield unlawful power?

  • A vast intended meeting was proclaimed unlawful, and in October 1843 O'Connell was arrested and held to bail, with ten or twelve of his principal followers.

  • Between 1606 and 1618 various attempts were made under English and Episcopal influence, by assemblies afterwards declared unlawful, to set aside the "Book of Common Order."

  • The Danish governor-general then dissolved the assembly, but Jon SigurOsson and all the members with him protested to the king against these unlawful proceedings.

  • In Mary's reign (1555) the licences were withdrawn, the queen or her advisers deeming the game an excuse for "unlawful assemblies, conventicles, seditions and conspiracies."

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Words Starting With

UUNUNL

Words Ending With

LULFUL

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