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Extorsively

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

A technical word used in indictments for extortion. When a person is charged with • ly taking, the very import of the word shows that he is not acquiring of his own; 4 Cox, Cr. Cas. 387. in North i Una the crime may be Charged without using this word; State v. Dickens, 2 X. C. •■