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Lawyers make a distinction between "illegal" (crimes) and "unlawful" (torts) that is mostly lost on the general public.

• kube-system 4y ago
  And some acts, like copyright infringement, can be both criminal and civil violations.
  • eru 4y ago
    See also 'wrongful death'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrongful_death_claim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrongful_death_claim
• LudwigNagasena 4y ago
  Do you have any references? That doesn’t sound true. From dictionary.law.com: illegal adj. in violation of statute, regulation or ordinance, which may be criminal or merely not in conformity. Thus, an armed robbery is illegal, and so is an access road which is narrower than the county allows, but the violation is not criminal. unlawful adj. referring to any action which is in violation of a statute, federal or state constitution, or established legal precedents