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• unclean hands — un·clean hands n pl: an equitable doctrine: a complainant will be denied relief if he or she has engaged in misconduct (as acting in bad faith) directly relating to the complaint; also: the condition of having engaged in such misconduct and being …   Law dictionary

• Unclean — Un*clean , a. [AS. uncl?ne. See {Unnot}, and {Clean}.] 1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy. [1913 Webster] 2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing. [1913 Webster] He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. Num.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Unclean animals — Unclean Un*clean , a. [AS. uncl?ne. See {Unnot}, and {Clean}.] 1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy. [1913 Webster] 2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing. [1913 Webster] He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Unclean spirit — Unclean Un*clean , a. [AS. uncl?ne. See {Unnot}, and {Clean}.] 1. Not clean; foul; dirty; filthy. [1913 Webster] 2. Ceremonially impure; needing ritual cleansing. [1913 Webster] He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• unclean bill of lading — ➔ bill of lading * * * unclean bill of lading UK US noun [C] (plural unclean bills of lading) (also foul bill of lading, also dirty bill of lading) COMMERCE, TRANSPORT ► a document showing the details of …   Financial and business terms

• Unclean — may refer to:*something which is not clean or which lacks purity. *A term sometimes used as a translation of the term tamei in the Hebrew Bible. In Judaism, Tamei refers to a state of ritual impurity requiring purification through immersion in a… …   Wikipedia

• Unclean and Clean — • The distinction between legal and ceremonial, as opposed to moral Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• unclean — index insalubrious, lewd, prurient, repulsive, salacious, tainted (contaminated) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …   Law dictionary

• unclean — O.E. unclæne, morally impure, defiled, unfit for food, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + CLEAN (Cf. clean) (adj.). Literal sense of dirty is recorded from mid 13c …   Etymology dictionary

• unclean — [adj] dirty bedraggled, befouled, besmirched, black, blurred, common, contaminated, corrupt, decayed, defiled, desecrated, dusty, evil, feculent, fetid, filthy, foul, grimy, impure, messy, muddy, nasty, polluted, profaned, putrescent, putrid,… …   New thesaurus

• unclean — ► ADJECTIVE 1) dirty. 2) immoral. 3) (of food) regarded in a particular religion as impure and unfit for use or consumption. 4) (in biblical use, of a spirit) evil …   English terms dictionary