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unlawfulness

/uhn-law-fuhl/US // ʌnˈlɔ fəl //UK // (ʌnˈlɔːfʊl) //

非法性,违法性,不法性,不合法

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not lawful; contrary to law; illegal.
    • : born out of wedlock; illegitimate.

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Examples

  • In July 2018, the company agreed to pay a $500,000 civil penalty to the CFPB after the federal agency found it had used a network of companies that “engaged in frequent unlawful debt collection acts.”

  • “Anyone attempting to unlawfully gain access to the Capitol Grounds by climbing a fence or any other unlawful means will be subject to an appropriate use of force and arrest,” the statement said.

  • The primary was condemned by China’s top agencies for Hong Kong as an “unlawful ­manipulation” of the city’s election system and a violation of the national security law.

  • Since then, the attorneys general contend, Google built an unlawful monopoly in no small part because it requires publishers to use its full suite of tools.

  • Mastercard said it is terminating use of its cards on Pornhub after its own investigation confirmed violations of standards prohibiting unlawful conduct on the site.

  • Dovgan is only one of many cases of unlawful detention, according to Human Rights Watch Senior Research Tanya Lokshina.

  • Among these are obscenity, defamation, fighting words, express incitement to unlawful conduct, and threats.

  • We were then told we were all being arrested for ‘unlawful protesting.’

  • He also revealed his view that the operation itself had been unlawful: it was “not legal because no finding.”

  • The military insists that civilian deaths are investigated whenever allegations of unlawful killing are made.

  • A lease for an unlawful purpose is void, for example, for the sale of spirituous liquors contrary to law.

  • No performance on either side can give the unlawful contract any validity, or be the foundation of any right of action upon it.

  • Of course, they had a right to defend their homes and families against unlawful invaders.

  • Charges of unlawful carnal knowledge or indecent assault arise, for the most part, from complaints made by females.

  • They resented most of all one of his decrees which made it unlawful for persons not in his service to carry arms in time of peace.

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