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What does unlawful mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word unlawful? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law; see illegal).
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He was accused of having unlawful sexual intercourse with the girl as she was under the age of consent at the time.
It is better to speak of an unlawful and dangerous act carrying with it an appreciable risk of serious injury.
Last week, at the subsequent inquest, the jury returned a verdict of unlawful killing.
There is no requirement that the act of greater evil should be unlawful, nor that it take place within the jurisdiction.
Despite the attempts to prevent unlawful conventicles, the Baptists, Quakers, and other radicals were not to be uprooted.
Clark was charged with robbery of a motor vehicle, theft by unlawful taking or disposition, and receiving stolen property, all felonies.

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