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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. not conforming to the law;
- Example: "they were unlawfully married"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Unlawful \Un*law"ful\, a. Not lawful; contrary to law. -- Un*law"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*law"ful*ness, n. [1913 Webster] Unlawful assembly. (Law) See under Assembly. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

unlawfully adv 1: not conforming to the law; "they were unlawfully married" [ant: de jure, lawfully, legally]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

UNLAWFULLY, pleadings. This word is frequently used in indictments in the description of the offence; it is necessary when the crime did not exist at common law, and when a statute, in describing an offence which it creates, uses the word, 1 Moody, Cr. Cas. 339; but it is unnecessary whenever the crime existed at common law, and is manifestly illegal. 1 Chitty, Crim. Law, *241; Hawk. B. 2, c. 95, s. 96; 2 Roll. Ab. 82; Bac. Abr. Indictment, G 1 Cro. C. C. 38, 43.