Sentence examples for may be wrongful from inspiring English sources

And sometimes it may be wrongful to threaten what it would be right to carry out (blackmail and extortion are sometimes thought to include such cases).

There seem to be three categories in which answers to this question might fall: coercion is intrinsically wrongful; it is prima facie or pro tanto wrongful, though it may be justified by further facts; and it is intrinsically morally neutral, though some uses of it may be wrongful because of specific facts about them.

(In particular, Wertheimer believes that this is frequently best understood as a question of whether the proposer proposes to violate the recipient's rights (Wertheimer 1987, 217).)[13] Yet the mere fact that something threatens one is not sufficient to ground a claim that it coerces anyone; the threat may be wrongful but also trivial.

Among patients' perceptions of factors leading to discomfort may be wrongful or suboptimal treatment, type of surgery or insufficient access to provider/information.

Where functions are considered administrative, delegation may not be wrongful.

This violates a plausible principle that holds that it is wrongful to intend to do what it would be wrongful to do (the "wrongful intentions principle").

That, generally speaking, a citizen may be protected against wrongful acts of the government affecting him or his property may be conceded.

For example the measure of damages may be different if the wrongful act is a tort/delict, as opposed to a breach of contract.

Additionally, if you feel your termination is wrongful and/or discriminatory, you may be able to file a suit against this employer.

And a lawyer who crosses the line between giving advice and actively helping to commit or conceal a continuing crime or wrongful act may be sued for civil damages or prosecuted.

As the court there noted: "It makes little sense to say that the licensee in Rappaport is under a duty to exercise care, but give immunity to a social host who may be guilty of the same wrongful conduct merely [476 A.2d 1224] because he is unlicensed". 140 N.J.Super.