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Meanings of unlawful act in English

Russian
нарушение закона
Spanish
violación de la ley
Catalan
violació de la llei

Act (or omission) that fails to abide by existing law.

нарушение закона
Usage of unlawful act in English
1
I wouldn't ask you to be complicit in an unlawful act.
Jacinto's Remnant
2
If it is an unlawful act, why not go to law?
John Halifax, Gentleman
3
Conspiracy is an agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act.
Reuters
4
It reached the same conclusion with regard to unlawful act manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter.
The Guardian
5
A treaty cannot obligate to do an unlawful act.
Studies in Civics
6
That being the case, there is no realistic prospect of a conviction for unlawful act manslaughter.
The Guardian
7
But this unlawful act is to be done, and it is to be done by force.
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster, 1817-1845
8
But this unlawful act is to be done, and it is to be done by power.
The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster / With an Essa...
9
Miller appeared in the Dunedin District Court yesterday after pleading guilty to injuring by an unlawful act.
Radio NZ
10
He appealed to them to go to their homes and thereafter do no unlawful act of violence.
Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 / A Political History of...
11
The PP had ruled that this was an unlawful act, prompting Gordhan to launch a tirade against her.
The South African
12
A 68-year-old man will appear in the Christchurch District Court next Monday charged with injuring by an unlawful act.
Radio NZ
13
The Catholic who assists as witness at such marriage also commits a most grievous sin by co-operating in an unlawful act.
Ireland Under Coercion: The Diary of an American (2 of 2) / (2nd...
14
However, after your unlawful act of last night, you undoubtedly are liable to a long confinement in one of our prisons.
The Young Engineers in Mexico; Or, Fighting the Mine Swindlers
15
Now conspiracy merely, as His Honor will charge you in much more detail, is merely an agreement to do an unlawful act.
Honor thy father
16
This was, so far, the one unlawful act committed by labour, and that it was a concerted act he was fully convinced.
The Strength of the Strong
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