"Oppressor" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
A public officer who un-lawfully uses his authority by way of oppres-. sion, (q. v
One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on
others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable
severity.
One of the hardest-to-swallow, most countercultural, counter intuitive implications of the gospel is that bearing up under a difficult burden with patient perseverance is a good thing.
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A college student in a philosophy class was taking his first examination. On the paper there was a single line which simply said: "Is this a question?" - Discuss. After a short time he wrote: "If that is a question, then this is an answer." The student received an "A" on the exam. A Boston brokerage house advertised for a "young Harvard graduate or the equivalent." Among the inquiries received was one from a Yale grad. He said, "Do you mean two Princeton men, or a Yale man part time?"
To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.
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Read the complete definitionLat. of positive law. “That was a rule positivi juris; I do not mean to say an unjust one.” Lord …
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