unlawfulness

IPA/ʌnlˈɔːfəlnəs/
IPA/ʌnlˈɔːfəlnəs/

unlawfulness — 名詞

1. the state or quality of not being allowed by law, especially when a court or off

1.名詞C1
釋義

違法性

不符合法律的性質

the state or quality of not being allowed by law, especially when a court or official body can judge an action to have broken legal rules.

例句

The court examined the unlawfulness of the police search before ruling on the appeal.

法院在對上訴作出裁定前，審查了警方那次搜索的違法性。

collocation: the unlawfulness of + noun phrase

Mina's lawyer argued that the unlawfulness of the detention made the confession unusable.

Mina 的律師主張，拘留的違法性使那份供詞不能被採用。

legal pattern: argue the unlawfulness of an action

同義詞
  • illegality

    more common in everyday and journalistic writing

  • wrongfulness

    broader; can include legal or moral wrongness

  • invalidity

    used when a document, rule, or decision has no legal force

反義詞
  • lawfulness

    direct opposite; the state of being permitted by law

  • legality

    the usual everyday noun for being legal

文法句型

the unlawfulness of + noun phrase

用法筆記

Usually uncountable and followed by 'of' plus the act, policy, order, or decision being judged. It is a formal legal noun; in everyday speech, 'illegality' is more common.

常見錯誤

❌He was punished for an unlawfulness.
✅He was punished for an unlawful act.
💡'unlawfulness' is normally uncountable and names the legal quality, not a single offence.
❌The unlawfulness parked outside.
✅The illegally parked car was outside.
💡use 'unlawfulness' for the abstract legal status of an act, not for people or objects.