unlawful act
Example Sentences
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Roughley was found guilty of unlawful act manslaughter by a unanimous jury of six men and six women.
From BBC • May 20, 2024
Morey said she did not believe the post was targeted enough at specific people with a serious intent to commit an unlawful act of violence to rise to the level of an actionable “true threat.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2023
"Freedom of peaceful assembly is an essential hallmark of democracy, but what occurred last night was an unlawful act of violence," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said.
From Reuters • Jul. 20, 2023
Cheryl Sullenger wrote that because of Braid’s “defiant attitude and his unlawful act, he has committed unprofessional conduct.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2021
Fletcher, which does not permit the defendant to go forward with proof, short of vis maior or the unanticipated unlawful act of a third person beyond defendant's control.
From An Introduction to the Philosophy of Law by Pound, Roscoe
