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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