Exaction
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A willful wrong done by an officer, or by one who, under color of his office, takes more fee or pay for his services than the law allows. Between "extortion" and "exaction" 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