Black Act. Hist. An English statute (9 Geo. ch. 22) establishing the death penalty for the unlawful killing or maiming of animals. • The statute was passed in 1722 in the wake of crimes committed by persons with faces blackened or otherwise disguised. The statute was repealed in 1827. The classic study of this law […]
redlining, n. 1. Credit discrimination (usu. unlawful discrimination) by an institution that refuses to provide loans or insurance on properties in areas that are deemed to be poor financial risks or to the people who live in those areas. [Cases: Civil Rights 1041, 1079; Consumer Credit 31. C.J.S. Civil Rights §§ 2–3, 14–17, 21, 23;
subtraction of conjugal rights. Hist. The act of a husband and wife unlawfully living apart.
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A concealed danger that an occupier of land creates to injure trespassers. • A retributive danger is lawful only to the extent that it could be justified if the occupier had inflicted the injury personally or directly to the trespasser. Thus, a spring gun or a land mine is an unlawful means of defending land
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rescue, n. 1. The act or an instance of saving or freeing someone from danger or captivity. 2. The forcible and unlawful freeing of a person from arrest or imprisonment. — Also termed rescous. [Cases: Rescue 1. C.J.S. Escape §§ 28–31, 33.] “A rescue signifies a forcible setting at liberty, against law, of a person
The unlawful possession of certain prohibited articles, such as illegal drugs or drug paraphernalia, firearms, or stolen property.
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合法/不合法 英语：lawful (legal)/unlawful (illegal) 法语：légal/illégal 德语：rechtmässig, gesetzlich/rechtswidrig, ungesetzlich 意大利语：legale/illegale 西班牙语：legal/ilegal
The killing of another person by one’s unlawful or negligent operation of a motor vehicle. — Also termed automobile homicide. [Cases: Automobiles 342.1. C.J.S. Motor Vehicles §§ 1456–1458, 1460–1466, 1468–1469, 1471–1476, 1478–1485.]
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violence. The use of physical force, usu. accompanied by fury, vehemence, or outrage; esp., physical force unlawfully exercised with the intent to harm. • Some courts have held that violence in labor disputes is not limited to physical contact or injury, but may include picketing conducted with misleading signs, false statements, erroneous publicity, and veiled
fabricare (fab-r[schwa]-kair-ee), vb. [Law Latin “to make”] Hist. 1. To make a coin lawfully or unlawfully. 2. To forge, esp. a bill of lading. • The term sometimes appeared in indictments: fabricavit et contrafecit (“[he] forged and counterfeited”).