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  • 21unlawful detainer — noun a) the act of retaining possession of property without legal right b) a legal action intended to remedy unlawful detainer by restoring possession of property to its owner …

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  • 22unlawful — adj. Unlawful is used with these nouns: ↑act, ↑assembly, ↑conduct, ↑discrimination, ↑eviction, ↑force, ↑homicide, ↑imprisonment, ↑industrial action, ↑intercourse, ↑killing, ↑ …

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  • 23unlawful in reality — in actuality it is illegal, act of being unlawful which causes one to be bad …

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  • 24Unlawful Loan — A generic term used to describe the act of giving money to another party in exchange for future repayment of the principal amount plus interest in a way that breaks a law. Examples include loans with illegally high interest rates, loans in… …

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  • 25unlawful accumulation — An accumulation of an estate in violation of the rule against perpetuities or in violation of statutes comparable to the Thellusson Act of England. 41 Am J1st Perp § 44. See Thellusson Act …

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  • 26unlawful contract — A contract wherein a person undertakes to do all act which the law forbids, or to omit an act which the law enjoins, and for that reason unenforceable. It is distinguishable from a void contract which is a contract which has no legal force, and… …

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  • 27unlawful carnal knowledge — noun forbidden or tabu sexual intercourse between individuals • Syn: ↑criminal congress • Hypernyms: ↑sexual intercourse, ↑intercourse, ↑sex act, ↑copulation, ↑coitus, ↑coition, ↑ …

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  • 28Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 — Part of a series on Violence against women …

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  • 29illegal, unlawful — These words mean contrary to statutes and regulations, not legal. Illegal is restricted to these meanings, but unlawful, a more general term, is also applied to acts that are not only against the law but generally unauthorized or unacceptable.… …

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  • 30Malicious Damage Act 1861 — The Malicious Damage Act 1861[1] Parliament of the United Kingdom Long title An Act to consolidate and amend the Statute Law of England and Ireland relat …

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