Exaction
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Exaction, a wrong done by an officer, or one in pretended authority, by taking a reward or fee for what which the law allows not, whereas extortion is where an officer takes more than is due, when something is due to him. The punishment is fine and imprisonment, Co. Litt. 368 b. See also (English) Sheriffs Act, 1887 (50 & 51Vict. c. 55), s. 29.
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