| Adv. | 1. | unlawfully - not conforming to the law; "they were unlawfully married" Antonyms: de jure, legally, wrongfully, lawfully - by law; conforming to the law; "we are lawfully wedded now" |
UNLAWFULLY, pleadings. This word is frequently used in indictments in the description of the offence; it is necessary when the crime did not exist at common law, and when a statute, in describing an offence which it creates, uses the word, 1 Moody, Cr. Cas. 339; but it is unnecessary whenever the crime existed at common law, and is manifestly illegal. 1 Chitty, Crim. Law, *241; Hawk. B. 2, c. 95, s. 96; 2 Roll. Ab. 82; Bac. Abr. Indictment, G 1 Cro. C. C. 38, 43.
de jure, lawfully, legally, wrongfully