unlawful possession of guns
1 not according to or acceptable to the law:
unlawful behavior/business practices/discrimination
be unlawful for sb/sth to do sth It is unlawful for any investment adviser to engage in fraudulent or manipulative practices.
He recognised that he had not included charity or help from relatives or 'unlawful, and, perhaps, felonious gains'.
Such individuals or groups are allowed to protect themselves and their goods against the unlawful use of force.
The new legislation places on each public authority (with only limited exceptions) a statutory duty to eliminate unlawful racial discrimination and promote equality of opportunity.
Thus, far from a condition blocking an inference from unlawful act to character, mental disorder is itself the connection.
The only mention of stricter punishments was focused on the unlawful behavior of employers who discriminate.
English law used the term 'unlawful omission' to describe the same offence.
In my view, psychopaths at this extreme would not be morally culpable for their unlawful behavior.
Long-term group entrenchments based on race or ethnicity are unlawful, but short-term differentiations may, under certain conditions, be lawful.
