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Exactor

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

In old English and civil law. A collector. Exactor regis, collector for the king. A collector of taxes or revenue. Vicat; Spelman. 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 fee for that matter, cause, or thing which the law allows not. Termes de la Ley.