oppression

oppression
op·pres·sion /ə-'pre-shən/ n: an unjust or excessive exercise of power: as
a: unlawful, wrongful, or corrupt exercise of authority by a public official acting under color of authority that causes a person harm
b: dishonest, unfair, wrongful, or burdensome conduct by corporate directors or majority shareholders that entitles minority shareholders to compel involuntary dissolution of the corporation
c: inequality of bargaining power resulting in one party's lack of ability to negotiate or exercise meaningful choice see also unconscionability
op·pres·sive /ə-'pre-siv/ adj

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

oppression
I noun abuse, abusiveness, brutality, brute force, coercion, compulsion, cruelty, despotism, dictatorship, domination, enslavement, force, harassment, harshness, ill treatment, inhumanity, iniuria, injustice, iron rule, liberticide, maltreatment, misrule, mistreatment, misuse of power, persecution, reign of terror, repression, rule of might, ruthlessness, severity, subjection, subjugation, suppression, torment, totalitarianism, tyranny, vexatio, victimization II index adversity, burden, coercion, compulsion (coercion), cruelty, encumbrance, extortion, force (compulsion), grievance, ground, incumbrance (burden), infliction, injustice, molestation, pressure, servitude, thrall, weight (burden)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


oppression
Minority shareholders are subject to the control of majority shareholders. If that control is exercised in such a way that the interests of minority shareholders are unfairly prejudiced the minority can apply to the court to impose a remedy against unfair prejudice under section 459 and Part XVII of the Companies Act 1985.

Easyform Glossary of Law Terms. — UK law terms.


oppression
The offense, committed by a public official, of wrongfully inflicting injury, such as bodily harm or imprisonment, upon another individual under color of office.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


oppression
The offense, committed by a public official, of wrongfully inflicting injury, such as bodily harm or imprisonment, upon another individual under color of office.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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  • oppression — [ ɔpresjɔ̃ ] n. f. • déb. XIIIe; plur. « violences, dommages » XIIe; lat. oppressio 1 ♦ Action, fait d opprimer. Oppression du faible par le fort. ⇒ domination; joug. Oppression des minorités. Absolt Action de faire violence par abus d autorité.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • OPPRESSION — (Heb. עָפְרָה), an offense against property, standing midway between theft and robbery and fraud and often overlapping with either of them. The injunction, rendered in English as Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor (Lev. 19:13), really means… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Oppression — Op*pres sion, n. [F., fr. L. oppressio.] 1. The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed. [1913 Webster] 2. That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny. The multitude of oppressions. Job xxxv. 9. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • oppression — mid 14c., cruel or unjust use of power or authority, from Fr. oppression (12c.), from L. oppressionem (nom. oppressio), noun of action from pp. stem of opprimere (see OPPRESS (Cf. oppress)). Meaning action of weighing on someone s mind or spirits …   Etymology dictionary

  • Oppression — (lat.), Unterdrückung, Beklemmung (z.B. der Brust); oppressīv, unterdrückend; opprimieren, unterdrücken, bedrücken …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • oppression — [n] misery, hardship abuse, abusiveness, autocracy, brutality, calamity, coercion, compulsion, conquering, control, cruelty, despotism, dictatorship, domination, fascism, force, forcibleness, hardness, harshness, injury, injustice, iron hand*,… …   New thesaurus

  • oppression — Oppression, Oppressio …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • oppression — [ə presh′ən] n. [OFr < L oppressio] 1. an oppressing or being oppressed 2. a thing that oppresses 3. a feeling of being weighed down, as with worries or problems; physical or mental distress …   English World dictionary

  • Oppression — Oppressed redirects here. For the Welsh band, see The Oppressed. For other uses, see Oppression (disambiguation). Oppression derives from the concept of being weighted down, and is often depicted as such. Here, a cartoon Jew labors under the… …   Wikipedia

  • oppression — (o prè sion ; en vers, de quatre syllabes) s. f. 1°   État de ce qui est oppressé.    Terme de médecine. Oppression des forces, état dans lequel le malade, loin de manquer de forces, est embarrassé de leur excès ; c est ce que l on observe au… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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