unlawfulness
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6.8
- noun
- /ʌnˈlɔːfəl.nəs/
- Formal
:
ilegalidad
- An EU decision to invalidate the French ban would have to be based on the unlawfulness of the government's bill or some of its provisions.
Examples
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Justice Alito said several federal courts had upheld searches based on "consent once removed," and "because the unlawfulness of the officers' conduct in this case was not clearly established, they are entitled to qualified immunity."
Academic text (2009) -
I have not been satisfied that the offensive conduct that I have found occurred is exempted from unlawfulness by section 18D.
Blog text (4) -
Disregarding the possible unlawfulness of the project, I also found it wrong because I didn't (and don't) like the precedent of pre-emptive warfare.
Blog text (4) -
I also use "unauthorized," which is unfamiliar and a little clunky, but has a distinct advantage: while it acknowledges the unlawfulness of someone's immigration status, it also recognizes that this status can be fixed.
Blog text (10) -
The unlawfulness of his actions was evident when he ignored the court's ruling.
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Many people fear that widespread unlawfulness will lead to a breakdown of society.
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The judge ruled against the contract, citing its unlawfulness due to violations of local laws.
Synonyms
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6.7
A state of being against the law
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7.3
Something that the law does not allow
A state of being illegal or forbidden by law
The state of something not being allowed by rules or law
Antonyms
How Lawful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unlawfulness comes from the parts un- ('not'), law ('the rules or the law'), and the ending -ness (that makes a word name a state). So unlawfulness means the state of 'not following the law', or simply 'being illegal'.