Both Uses of
aggrieve
in
Democracy In America, Volume 1
- If all the citizens of the State were aggrieved at the same time and in the same manner by the authority of the Union, the Federal Government would vainly attempt to subdue them individually; they would instinctively unite in a common defence, and they would derive a ready-prepared organization from the share of sovereignty which the institution of their State allows them to enjoy.†
Chpt 8aggrieved = felt harmed by unfair treatment
- If the courts of the Union violated an important law of a State in a private case, the real, if not the apparent, contest would arise between the aggrieved State represented by a citizen and the Union represented by its courts of justice.†
Chpt 8 *
Definition:
feeling harmed by unfair treatment; or (more rarely) harming someone unfairly