unlawfully

un·law·ful

U0091600 (ŭn-lô′fəl)adj.1. Not lawful; illegal.2. Contrary to accepted morality or convention; illicit.

un·law′ful·ly adv.un·law′ful·ness n.

Thesaurus

Adv.

unlawfully - not conforming to the law; "they were unlawfully married"de jure, legally, lawfully - by law; conforming to the law; "we are lawfully wedded now"

Translations

illégalement

Unlawfully

UNLAWFULLY, pleadings. This word is frequently used in indictments in the description of the offence; it is necessary when the crime did not exist at common law, and when a statute, in describing an offence which it creates, uses the word, 1 Moody, Cr. Cas. 339; but it is unnecessary whenever the crime existed at common law, and is manifestly illegal. 1 Chitty, Crim. Law, *241; Hawk. B. 2, c. 95, s. 96; 2 Roll. Ab. 82; Bac. Abr. Indictment, G 1 Cro. C. C. 38, 43.

unlawfully

Antonyms for unlawfully

adv not conforming to the law

Antonyms

de jure
legally
lawfully

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