Illegal activities refer to actions that are prohibited by law, while unlawful activities are actions that are not in accordance with the law. In essence, illegal activities are explicitly banned by law, whereas unlawful activities may not necessarily be explicitly prohibited but still go against the law.
They essentially mean the same thing.
There is no practical difference between unlawful and illegal; they both refer to something that is against the law. In a riddle context, the use of 'unlawful' or 'illegal' could be a play on words to confuse the listener, but they essentially mean the same thing.
[Nonsense answer removed by WA Supervisor] ______________________________________________ It's basically different wording for the same term - if you're doing something that's unlawful, you're doing something illegal, and if you're doing something illegal, you're breaking the law.
Legal activities are actions that are allowed and approved by the law, while illegal activities are actions that are prohibited and punishable by law.
Legal activities are actions that are allowed and regulated by the law, while illegal activities are actions that are prohibited by the law and can result in penalties or punishment.
Illegal activities are actions that are against the law and can result in punishment by authorities. Legal activities, on the other hand, are actions that are allowed by the law and do not result in punishment.
Illegal is a description for something that is in violation of statute, regulation or ordinance.Unlawful means not authorized by law-illegal. Something that is criminally or civilly punishable.
If it was unlawful to have the letter "Q" appear on a license plate the province wouldn't issue such a plate.
Black's Law Dictionary defines both the words as follows- è unlawful as not authorized by law, illegal. è Illegal is defined as forbidden by law, unlawful. Semantically, there is a slight difference. It seems that something illegal is expressly proscribed by statute, and something unlawful is just not expressly authorized. So, we can say that "unlawful" refers to something that is more contrary to moral and public law, the law of society, as well as the law of the government. Illegal is more specific in that it refers to something in violation of the law of the government. For example, if we consider a situation in US, consider jaywalking. Traffic regulations do not typically say that you cannot walk diagonally through an intersection. So, it is not illegal. Rather, traffic regulations typically provide that you can cross within a crosswalk, thus, crossing in any other way is unlawful because it is not expressly permitted. Another good example would be selling cocaine. Under law it is prohibited and the law specifically provides that you may not do so. Thus, selling cocaine would be illegal activity & jaywalking would be unlawful activity. Practically, there is no difference for punishment purposes. Both illegal and unlawful acts can invite punishment.
Illegal activities are actions that are against the law and can result in punishment, such as fines or imprisonment. Legal activities, on the other hand, are actions that are allowed by the law and do not result in punishment when carried out within the boundaries of the law.
Illegitimate means a claim which the law does not endorse. "Your claim to own this house is illegitimate."--the law will not back it up. Unlawful means contrary to the civil or criminal law, so that the victim can either get redress or punishment or both. Illegal means contrary to the criminal law. Breaking a contract is not illegal (you cannot be sent to jail over it) but it is unlawful (you can be sued over it). Illicit means the same as unlawful, but is used in much more restricted contexts. Lawless refers to a person who has no regard for the law--a criminal.
Yes, it is illegal for an unlawful drug user to be in possession of a firearm under federal law.