text: permitted by law, or (syn. ymlawfyil contract) immoral or contrary to public policy, e.g. a contract in restraint of marriage or trade; the making of such a contract is not in itself unlawful but, because of what the contract contemplates, the law will hold it void ab initio and therefore unenforceable by either contracting party against the other. Similar expressions are illegal trust, unlawful agreement, unlawful promise, aalawful -£.pn..s.ldlgratioa (on a contract). There are further specific uses of both words in criminal law: illegally wounding means woionding in a manner constituting a statutory offence, not a common law one; unlawfully woynding means wounding in a manner which is unlawful, either at common law or by statute, as opposed for example to wounding a person in self-defence or wounding an enemy in war. As regard illicit and wrongful as alternatives to illegal or unlawful. see 8. 8. Illicite/ilicito The possible translations are illicit, unlawful. illegal, wrongful, wrong. In internal law, the primary meaning of the French and Spanish terms is "unlawful" and in this sense either illegal or unlawful should be used as described in 7, Illicit means contrary to law, morals or public policy; note the distinction which can be drawn between unlawful intercourse and illicit intercourse : the former denotes sexual intercourse which is a criminal offence, the latter covers both that and sexual intercourse which, in the eyes of the law, is no more than morally undesirable, e.g. adultery in English law. Trafficking can be illicit, illegal; trade can be illicit, illegal or licit, lawful; likewise the sale of intoxicating liquor. Wrongful is used in particular to describe an act which is a civil wrong (a tort), not a criminal one. The adjective wrong implies a moral rather than a legal judgement. In public international law, it seems to be a matter of preference as to 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing legal concepts and terminology, specifically the nuances of words such as "illegal", "unlawful", "illicit", and "wrongful". The text explores the differences between these words and their uses in various contexts, including contracts, criminal law, and public policy. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting a focus on legal or academic writing.