Exaction
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
The wrongful act of an officer or other person in compelling payment of a fee or reward for his services, under color of his official authority, where no payment is due, Between “extortion” and “exaction” there is this difference: that in the former cuse the officer extorts more than his due, when something is due te him; in the latter, he exacts what is not his due, when there is nothing due to him.
Co. Litt. 863,