Oppression - Law Dictionary Search Results
Petition of Right
be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrongs and oppressions contrary to their just rights and liberties, the preservation whereof he holds himself in conscience obliged as of
Monopoly
of manufacturing or trading which he had before. Such grants were common before the Stuarts, and were very oppressive and injurious during the reign of Elizabeth. The grievance became so insupportable that, notwithstanding the power of granting
Perpetuating testimony
or claim. This jurisdiction emanates from the anxiety of equity to ward off litigation, where it may be oppressively exercised, by preserving the evidence in maintenance of an unpossessed legal right, or where an adversary with an
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Public policy, opposed to public policy
head of public policy. Practices which were considered perfectly normal at one time have today become obnoxious and oppressive to public conscience. If there is no head of public policy which covers a case, then the court
Sweinmote, Court of
within the forest compositing the jury. The principal jurisdiction of this Court was first to inquire into the oppressions and grievances committed by the officers of the forests; and secondly, to receive and try presentments, certified from
Tenure
are said by some persons to be the relics of Saxon liberty, which were left untouched by the oppressive hand of the Norman. Included among free socage tenures were petit serjeanty tenure in burgage, and gavelkind. (1)
De bono et malo, writs
for each particular prisoner which were called writs de bono et malo; but these being found inconvenient or oppressive, a general commission for all the prisoners has long been established in their stead, 4 Steph. Com., 7th
Deathbed or Dying Declarations
state of mind of the deceased and his behaviour or otherwise that he was not likely to be oppressed by the thought of death, and for a rejection on a trial for murder or a declaration of
Ghost dance
earth The religion inculcates peace righteousness and work and holds that in good time without warlike intervention the oppressive white rule will be removed by the higher powers The religion spread through a majority of the western
Criminal information
libels, and other immoralities. Criminal informations may also be filed against judges and magistrates for illegal, unjust,and wilfully oppressive conduct if arising from corrupt andmalicious motives, and not from mere error of judgment. The procedure on criminal
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