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The state of being illegal
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The criminal was aware of the illegality of his act.
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A defense to the validity of a contract because it was in violation of the law
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When sued for refusing to pay for services provided by a prostitute, the customer raised the defense of illegality.
On the 26th he was brought up for judgment, and again insisted on the illegality of his conviction.
The whole proceedings were illegal, and the illegality was consummated by the prisoners being brought before a special tribunal of 24 judges, nearly all of whom were personal enemies of the accused.
Like contracts contrary to public policy, they depend to a great extent for their illegality upon the discretion of the court in the particular case.
Every executive act must be countersigned by a minister of state, who is held responsible for its character and enforcement, and may be prosecuted before the supreme court for its illegality and effects.
When next year the question of general warrants was raised in connexion with the case of Wilkes, Pitt vigorously maintained their illegality, thus defending at once the privileges of Parliament and the freedom of the press.
The Roman Catholic gentry and lawyers, headed by Sir Patrick Barnewall, succeeded in proving the flagrant illegality of these mandates, and the government had to yield.
The whole Opposition refused to take any part in the proceedings, as a protest against the alleged illegality of the elections; but by the 25th of June the Croatian commissioners and the Hungarian government had framed a new constitution, which was ratified in September.
His high-handed course of action in defence of what he conceived to be the sovereign rights of his own province of Holland to decide upon religious questions within its borders may be challenged on the ground of inexpediency, but not of illegality.
Thousands of patients are already using medicinal marijuana, despite its illegality.
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