Oppression
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The act of an officer in inflicting upon any person, with improper motive, any bodily harm, imprisonment, or other injury, not constituting extortion. Steph. Dig. art.
119; 4 Q. B. 475.
OPTIiVIA ENIi Vl EST LEGIS INTERPRES consuetude. Usage is the best interpreter of law.
2 Inst. 18; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 823.