Exaction
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
torts,a wilful wrong done by an officer, or by one who, under colour of his office, takes more fee or pay for his services than what the law allows. Between extortion and ezactton 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.
Co. Litt. 368.