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Contrary to or unauthorized by law; illegal. When applied to promises, agreements, or contracts, the term denotes that such agreements have no legal effect. The law disapproves of such conduct because it is immoral or contrary to public policy. Unlawful does not necessarily imply criminality, although the term is sufficiently broad to include it. unlawful adj. referring to any action which is in violation of a statute, federal or state constitution, or established legal precedents (against the law). UNLAWFUL. That which is contrary to law.
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There are many kinds of unlawfulness besides rape; one wonders whether the rabbis, always a bit apprehensive of governments, would consider the state's overruling of a woman's will a form of unlawfulness. The Pontifical Academy for Life states that "the absolute unlawfulness of abortifacient procedures also applies to distributing, prescribing and taking the morning-after pill. Department of Justice admonitions that should have alerted the officers to the unlawfulness of these practices. |
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