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Meanings of unlawfulness in English

The quality of failing to conform to law.

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Examples for "lawfulness"
Examples for "lawfulness"
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There is confusion in the community about the lawfulness of checkpoints, he said.
Radio NZ
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But questions about the lawfulness of the scheme arise in two other respects.
The Guardian
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We need lawfulness in the executive suites and on the platforms.
The South African
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They were set about the world to insure that peace and lawfulness prevailed.
A Wiccan Bible
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Opponents questioned its lawfulness, and the precedent it might set.
Radio NZ
Usage of unlawfulness in English
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The unlawfulness of fighting is given as the only motive for his resignation.
A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 / Taken from a View of the ...
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There is in Christianity no doctrine of the unlawfulness of bodily pleasures in themselves.
Religious Reality: A Book for Men
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Hence the unlawfulness of fighting began to be given up.
A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 / Taken from a View of the ...
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Furthermore, the MP's allegations of illegality and unlawfulness have been found to be baseless.
Radio NZ
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We should not go down the road of unlawfulness.
The Guardian
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In short, the belief of the unlawfulness of war, was universal among Christians in those times.
A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 / Taken from a View of the ...
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At present there has been no such unlawfulness.
Reuters
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Lagan Construction Group is suing NI Water, claiming unlawfulness in the procurement process for the four-year contract.
The Irish Times
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Surely what David learnt-theunlawfulness of revenge.
True Words for Brave Men: A Book for Soldiers' and Sailors' Libr...
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The same reasons avail still in the New Law, but when they do not apply the unlawfulness ceases.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
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This sort of unlawful intervention in Prasa's leadership is no different to the unlawfulness that characterised the Zuma presidency.
The South African
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All the pains they took to convince him of the unlawfulness of that course of life had no effect.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12
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The Diet set forth the unlawfulness of signing any treaty whilst thus withheld from the freedom of will and debate.
Thaddeus of Warsaw
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In fine, even a heathen philosopher, considering the nature of an oath, did conclude the unlawfulness thereof in such cases.
Sermons on Evil-Speaking
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Mr McKillen took legal action claiming that he had been a victim of "unlawfulness" and "unfairly prejudicial conduct".
The Irish Times
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The judge dismissed the woman; but the saloonkeeper, the perjured policemen, nor the corrupt judge were ever prosecuted for their unlawfulness.
Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes
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