unlawfulness

Example Sentences

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“That unlawfulness — of seizing U.S. business interests, nationalizing them, in a way that was not in accordance with the required procedures — is not a basis for using force,” Schmitt said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2026

But the judge ruled last year there had been no unlawfulness in the decision-making or anything that could be called irrational in the changes to Prince Harry's security in February 2020.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2025

“We will not consent to fait accompli and unlawfulness on the island.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 22, 2023

There’s been a climate of fear and rampant unlawfulness downtown for years now, which must change.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2020

This unlawfulness of the ceremonies in themselves hath been proved by us already, and shall yet again be proved in this dispute.

From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George