Unlawfulness
11unlawfulness — noun the quality of failing to conform to law • Ant: ↑lawfulness • Derivationally related forms: ↑unlawful • Hypernyms: ↑quality • Hyponyms: ↑illegality, ↑ …
12illegality — Unlawfulness; the state of being illegal. The word is not synonymous with irregularity. Illegality denotes a radical defect, while irregularity is a want of adherence to some prescribed rule or mode of proceeding. United States v Salomon (DC La)… …
13Probabilism — • The moral system which holds that, when there is question solely of the lawfulness or unlawfulness of an action, it is permissible to follow a solidly probable opinion in favour of liberty even though the opposing view is more probable.… …
14Catholic Probabilism — Probabilism, in Catholic moral theology, provides a way of answering the question about what to do when one does not know what to do. Probabilism proposes that one can follow a probable opinion regarding whether an act may be performed morally,… …
15South African law of delict — The South African law of delict engages primarily with the circumstances in which one person can claim compensation from another for harm that has been suffered. [1] JC Van der Walt and Rob Midgley define a delict, in general terms [...] as a… …
16illegality — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of legality Nouns 1. illegality, lawlessness, unlawfulness, unconstitutionality; illegitimacy, bar sinister, bastardy; criminality; outlawry; extralegality; criminology; criminalization. See… …
17Wrong — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Wrong >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 wrong wrong Sgm: N 1 what ought not to be what ought not to be what should not be Sgm: N 1 malum in se malum in se Sgm: N 1 unreasonableness unreasonableness grievance Sgm: N 1 shame …
18illegality — noun unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute • Ant: ↑legality • Derivationally related forms: ↑illegal • Hypernyms: ↑unlawfulness • Hyponyms: ↑lawlessness, ↑ …
19illegitimacy — noun 1. the status of being born to parents who were not married (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑bastardy, ↑bar sinister • Hypernyms: ↑status, ↑position 2. unlawfulness by virtue of not being authorized by or in accordance with law …
20Casuistry — Cas u*ist*ry, a. 1. The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the… …
