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exaction
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exaction
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Exaction
(gcide) | Exaction \Ex*ac"tion\, n. [L. exactio: cf. F. exaction.]
1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay
or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by
force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to
tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion.
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Take away your exactions from my people. --Ezek.
xlv. 9.
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Daily new exactions are devised. --Shak.
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Illegal exactions of sheriffs and officials.
--Bancroft.
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2. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or
contribution, demanded or levied with severity or
injustice. --Daniel.
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exaction
(wn) | exaction
n 1: act of demanding or levying by force or authority;
"exaction of tribute"; "exaction of various dues and fees" |
EXACTION
(bouvier) | EXACTION, torts. A willful wrong done by an officer, or by one who, under
color of his office, takes more fee or pay for his services than what the
law allows. Between extortion and exaction there is this difference; that in
the former case the officer extorts more than his due, when something is due
to him; in the latter, he exacts what is not his due, when there is nothing
due to him. Wishard; Co. Litt. 368.
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Exaction
(gcide) | Exaction \Ex*ac"tion\, n. [L. exactio: cf. F. exaction.]
1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay
or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by
force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to
tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion.
[1913 Webster]
Take away your exactions from my people. --Ezek.
xlv. 9.
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Daily new exactions are devised. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Illegal exactions of sheriffs and officials.
--Bancroft.
[1913 Webster]
2. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or
contribution, demanded or levied with severity or
injustice. --Daniel.
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EXACTION
(bouvier) | EXACTION, torts. A willful wrong done by an officer, or by one who, under
color of his office, takes more fee or pay for his services than what the
law allows. Between extortion and exaction there is this difference; that in
the former case the officer extorts more than his due, when something is due
to him; in the latter, he exacts what is not his due, when there is nothing
due to him. Wishard; Co. Litt. 368.
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