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mainline

to inject illegal drugs into the vein as he preferred to mainline heroin rather than sniff coke

offside

Illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck in sports such as football

ill gotten

obtained illegally or by improper means as ill gotten gains

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Malpractice

Evil practice illegal or immoral conduct practice contrary to established rules specifically the treatment of a case by a surgeon or

Contraband

Illegal or prohibited traffic

Consideration

because it contravenes the principles of the Common Law, or the special requirements of a statute. The former illegality exists whenever the consideration is founded upon a transaction which violates public policy or morality:'as a contract to

Public policy

contemplated but was not perpetrated, the defendants should not be allowed to perpetrate a new fraud. If the illegality of the transaction is trivial or venial and the plaintiff is not required to rest his case upon

Army (UK)

called the 'Army (Annual) Act.' Such annual Act follows the precedent of the Mutiny Acts is reciting the illegality of a standing army in time of peace without consent of Parliament (as declared by the Bill of

Corrupt practices

written authority. See Parliamentary Elections Act, 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 125), s. 3; (English) Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act, 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 51), ss. 1-3, 33 (7); (English) Municipal Corporations Act,

Bribe

provided [(English) Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 102)] [see also (English) Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act, 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 51)] that to procure or to endeavour to procure

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