Exaction
Defined in 9 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
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
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A wilful 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 exacts what is not his due, when there is nothing due to him. Co. Litt. 36S.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
The taking of a fee by an officer or one in pretended authority, where none is allowed by law.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The wrongful act of an officer or other person in compelling payment of a fee or reward for his services, under color of his official authority, where no payment is due, Between “extortion” and “exaction” there is this difference: that in the former cuse the officer extorts more than his due, when something is due te him; in the latter, he exacts what is not his due, when there is nothing due to him. Co. Litt. 863,
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
The collection of a fee by an officer,
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A wrong done by an officer or one in protendea authority, by taking a reward or fee for that whicn the law allows not. Jacob. Tomlins,
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
torts,a wilful wrong done by an officer, or by one who, under colour of his office, takes more fee or pay for his services than what the law allows. Between extortion and ezactton 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 exacts what is not his due, when there is nothing due to him. Co. Litt. 368.