The phrase "arbitrary and unlawful" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts or discussions about actions that lack justification or violate laws.
Example: "The court found that the decision made by the agency was arbitrary and unlawful, leading to the annulment of the ruling."
Alternatives: "capricious and illegal" or "random and against the law".
In its hands, habeas is no longer a remedy for the problem the Boumediene majority called "arbitrary and unlawful restraint".
The petition accuses the Iranian government of "flagrant violations of international law" during a year of "arbitrary and unlawful" detention.
Judges will consider whether Tarek Hassan suffered "arbitrary and unlawful" arrest and detention, with British authorities failing to investigate the circumstances of his detention, ill-treatment and death.
Chief among these are freedom from arbitrary and unlawful restraint and the personal liberty that is secured by adherence to the separation of powers.
Exposure of arbitrary and unlawful government decision-making was highlighted by charitable organisations on the left and right, including the Catholic Civil Rights Movement in Northern Ireland, the Women's Movement and campaigns against racial discrimination.
It noted many examples of arbitrary and unlawful immigration crackdowns, of crime sweeps initiated not because of crime, but because the office had received reports of people with "dark skin" or speaking Spanish.
Instead, notorious "white van" abductions, torture, arbitrary arrests and unlawful detentions under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act have continued till as recent as May this year.
It held that the two schools, as Oregon corporations and property owners within the state, were entitled to "protection against arbitrary, unreasonable and unlawful interference with their patrons and the consequent destruction of their business and property".
In court papers, Mylan described the F.D.A.'s actions as "arbitrary, capricious and unlawful" and said the agency should not have granted Ranbaxy the sole right to sell the drug.
In Myanmar (Burma) opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was released from long-term house arrest, but most of the other 1,600 political prisoners remained in jail; widespread abuses such as forced labour, arbitrary arrests, and unlawful executions continued.
McCain last month wrote to the DRC's ambassador in Washington, telling him that the advocacy group Human Rights Watch has documented dozens of cases of arbitrary arrest and unlawful detention.
