Oppression - Law Dictionary Search Results
Oppressor
wrongfully exercises power under colour of authority in a way that causes a person harm; one who commits oppression, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1121
unconscionable
unconscionable : unreasonably unfair to one party, marked by oppression, or otherwise unacceptably offensive to public policy [an clause] [finds the contract…to have been at the time it
Exclaim
vehemence to call out or declare loudly to protest vehemently to vociferate to shout as to exclaim against oppression with wonder or astonishment ldquoThe field is wonrdquo he exclaimed
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Franchise
Exemption from constraint or oppression freedom liberty
Gandhi
Mohandas Gandhi a Hindu nationalist and religious leader who preached non violent resistance to oppression
order
an order that limits, denies, or defers discovery by a party in order to prevent undue embarrassment, expense, oppression, or disclosure of trade secrets b : restraining order in this entry qualified domestic relations order : an
Nonresistance
The principles or practice of a nonresistant passive obedience submission to authority power oppression or violence without opposition
Vexatious action
High Court has an inherent power to stay any action brought merely for the sake of annoyance or oppression, see Lawrance v. Norreys, (1890) 15 App Cas 210; Haggard v. Pelicier Freres, 1892, AC 61; see also
Protector
One who or that which defends or shields from injury evil oppression etc a defender a guardian a patron
Audita querela [defendentis]
it. By the indulgence of the Courts, a summary relief upon motion has in most cases of evident oppression been granted, and this occasioned the remedy by audita querela to be seldom resorted to.-By Rules H. T.
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