Exactor
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
In Old English and Civil Law. A collector. Exactor regis (collector for the king). A collector of taxes or revenue. Vicat, Voc. Jur.; Spelman, Gloss. The term exaction early came to mean the wrong done by an officer, or one pretending to have authority, in demanding or taking any reward or