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Illegal and unlawful are different words...

  • 17-10-2014 10:11am
    #1
    hullaballoo
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    Illegal = proscribed by law;

    Unlawful = not permitted by law.

    That is all.


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  • #2
    Pro Hoc Vice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,087 ✭✭✭Pro Hoc Vice


    hullaballoo wrote: »
    Illegal = proscribed by law;

    Unlawful = not permitted by law.

    That is all.

    Unlawfull is against the law, illegal is a sick bird, that is all, (works better when spoken).


  • #3
    Carawaystick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭Carawaystick


    I thought everything is allowed, except that which is prohibited by law?


  • #4
    Rory28
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭Rory28


    Judge Dredd knows and that is all that matters.


  • #5
    Marcusm
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    hullaballoo wrote: »
    Illegal = proscribed by law;

    Unlawful = not permitted by law.

    That is all.

    To break down the door of a house and take up occupation is illegal (on a number of grounds). To fail to deliver up vacant possession at the termination of a lease is unlawful.


  • #6
    conorh91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭conorh91


    While we're on the subject of rookie mistakes…

    A judge uses his judgement when writing a judgment.


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  • #7
    Grolschevik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭Grolschevik


    conorh91 wrote: »
    While we're on the subject of rookie mistakes…

    A judge uses his judgement when writing a judgment.


    And when he was in practice he may have practised in a practice.


  • #8
    conorh91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,328 ✭✭✭conorh91


    Grolschevik wrote: »
    And when he was in practice he may have practised in a practice.
    I have to admit to having regularly fallen foul of this one.

    My browser favors the practise of autocorrecting British English to US English.


  • #9
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,575 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    What do you call a southsider in a suit?
    (a) Well dressed (b) the Personal Insolvancy applicant.
    hullaballoo wrote: »
    Illegal = proscribed by law;

    Unlawful = not permitted by law.

    That is all.
    Compare and contrast, using suitable examples in lay terms (25 marks).


  • #10
    johnnyskeleton
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,549 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    hullaballoo wrote: »
    Illegal = proscribed by law;

    Unlawful = not permitted by law.

    That is all.

    Do they not mean the same thing? Unlawful carnal knowledge is proscribed behaviour, illegal immigrants are those without a legal permission to be in the state.


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