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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(UK dialectal, Scotland, especially law) Wrongful; not right; unjust; illegal..
It’s my opinion that the creature Dougal will have a good action of wrongous imprisonment and damages again him, under the Act seventeen hundred and one, and I’ll see the creature righted.
If the prisoner is detained an unreasonable time, he would have an action for wrongous imprisonment.
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Wrongous means (UK dialectal, Scotland, especially law) Wrongful; not right; unjust; illegal..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It’s my opinion that the creature Dougal will have a good action of wrongous imprisonment and damages again him, under the Act seventeen hundred and one, and I’ll see the creature righted.
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