illicit


illicit
il·lic·it /il-'li-sət/ adj: not permitted: unlawful
an illicit motive to defeat or evade the taxes — In re Haas, 48 F.3d 1153 (1995)

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

illicit
I adjective accusable, actionable, against the law, banned, censored, contrary to law, criminal, exceeding the law, felonious, forbidden, forbidden by law, guilty, illegal, illegitimate, immoral, impermissible, improper, infamous, iniquitous, injudicial, inlicitus, interdicted, lawless, nonconstitutional, nonlegal, not according to law, not allowed, not approved, not covered by law, not permitted, out of bounds, outlawed, outside the law, prohibited, proscribed, punishable by law, quod contra leges fit, taboo, tortious, triable, unallowed, unauthorized, unconstitutional, under ban, unlawful, unlegalized, unlegislated, unprincipled, unsanctioned, unseemly, unwarrantable, unwarranted, vetitus, wicked, without authority, wrong, wrongful associated concepts: illicit cohabitation, illicit relations, illicit relationship, illicit trade II index illegal, illegitimate (iilegai), immoral, impermissible, improper, irregular (improper), unlawful, wrongful

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


illicit
adj.
Illegal; against rules or custom.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


illicit
Unlawful or prohibited. For example, the laws may make it a crime to engage in "illicit trade" or possess "illicit drugs." Compare: licit
Category: Criminal Law
Category: Representing Yourself in Court
Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


illicit
Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as an illicit trade; illicit intercourse.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


illicit
Not permitted or allowed; prohibited; unlawful; as an illicit trade; illicit intercourse.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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