| 释义 |
The wrongful act of an officer or other person in compelling payment ofa 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 casethe officer extorts more than his due, when something is due to him; in the latter, heexacts what is not his due, when there is nothing due to him. Co. Litt. 368. |