adjective
definition
Wrong or unjust
definition
Unlawful or illegal
Examples of wrongful in a Sentence
No man was entitled to seize unless he owned, or had a surety who owned, sufficient property for indemnity or adjustment in case the seizure should be found to have been wrongful.
An innocent person should be protected from wrongful accusation.
In regard to the claim for wrongful arrest, the trial judge held that the appellant's arrest had been lawful.
Thus, the present system remains intact and there is unlikely to be a flood of claims for wrongful conviction or unlawful detention.
Richard W. Gibson pleaded guilty this week to wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information for economic gain.
Supreme Court Act 1981 and County Court Acts 1984 governed pre-action disclosure in respect of personal injury and wrongful death.
For wrongful dismissal or other breaches of contract, up to £ 25,000 can be awarded.
In cases of illegal distraint, the owner of the goods and the distrainor will be liable for wrongful interference with the goods.
By 1986, Raymark Corporation had been named as a defendant in more than 88,000 asbestos-related personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits.
It was agreed between the parties that the evidence established a case of wrongful retention under the Convention.
And finally, there must be no justification for the internationally wrongful act.
It was held by the courts of this country that the removal was not wrongful.
The system is designed to detect and block potentially wrongful code or illicit or offensive content.
Bloggers regulate themselves resulting in sometimes exaggerated and even wrongful information.
The parent's consent has gone and the retention becomes wrongful.
Elizabeth sued for wrongful dismissal and received a payoff thought to be around £ 3,000.
He counter claimed for wrongful dismissal in a somewhat bold move.
An opposite view is the problem of wrongful convictions.
Their only recourse is to sue for wrongful imprisonment.
An example of the above point could be wrongful trading.
This includes representing women who need to appeal against a wrongful termination of support by NASS.
The parent 's consent has gone and the retention becomes wrongful.
Amy Yasbeck, Ritter's widow, later brought on a $67 million wrongful death suit.
The jury ultimately sided with doctors Lee and Lotysch, clearing both the doctors of any wrong doing and dismissing the Ritter family's wrongful death case.
The family of Awatef Aboudihaj brought on a $50 million wrongful death civil suit against Brandy, in which part of it was just settled in court.
Debilitating injuries or those that cause continued medical hardship, as well as wrongful death suits, do require experienced legal representation.
A borrower also has the right to file a wrongful foreclosure action in the courts at any time.
Depending on the state and the scheduled court actions, a wrongful foreclosure suit can delay a foreclosure by anywhere from forty-five days to two years.
If a borrower files a wrongful foreclosure court action and subsequently wins in court, the foreclosure action will be stopped.
It protects small business owners in case of sexual harassment, misconduct and wrongful termination lawsuits.
This kind of business insurance policy provides coverage for claims of sexual harassment, discriminatory hiring practices, wrongful termination, illegal denial of employment and other related issues.
Eventually, after having threatened to bring an action for wrongful imprisonment, Legate was tried before a full Consistory Court in February 1612, was found guilty of heresy, and was delivered to the secular authorities for punishment.
He energetically pressed the Panama prosecution, so much so that he was accused of having put wrongful pressure on the wife of one of the defendants in order to procure evidence.
This obligation makes the landlord responsible for any lawful eviction of the tenant during the term, but not for wrongful eviction unless he is himself the wrongdoer or has expressly made himself responsible for evictions of all kinds.
The perfect man thus described will not be angry with the wrongdoer; he will only pity his erring brother; for anger in such a case would only betray that he too thought the wrong-doer gained a substantial blessing by his wrongful act, instead of being, as he is, utterly ruined.
The emotional wrongful death case of actor John Ritter, most well known for his role as Jack Tripper on the sitcom Three's Company, came to an end today with the jury clearing the doctors of any wrong doing.
Mesne profits are profits derived from land whilst in wrongful possession, and may be claimed in damages for trespass either in a separate action or joined with an action for the recovery of the land.
The public have a right to pass along a highway freely, safely and conveniently, and any wrongful act or omission which prevents them doing so is a nuisance, for the prevention and abatement of which the highways and other acts contain provisions.
It is obvious that wrongful admission into the "star" class might be fraught with mischievous consequences, and it is well known that a first sentence does not necessarily mean absolute unacquaintance with crime.