Definition of Exaction. Meaning of Exaction. Synonyms of Exaction

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Definition of Exaction

Exaction
Exaction Ex*ac"tion, n. [L. exactio: cf. F. exaction.] 1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion. Take away your exactions from my people. --Ezek. xlv. 9. Daily new exactions are devised. --Shak. Illegal exactions of sheriffs and officials. --Bancroft. 2. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice. --Daniel.

Meaning of Exaction from wikipedia

- An exaction is a concept in US real property law where a condition for development is imposed on a parcel of land that requires the developer to mitigate...
- property to halt ****ure violence is sufficient to commit the offense. Exaction refers not only to extortion or the demanding and obtaining of something...
- (Docket No. 22-1074) is a United States Supreme Court case regarding permit exactions under the Takings Clause. The Supreme Court held, in a unanimous opinion...
- March 30, 2011. Finally, as we are unable to conceive upon what theory the exaction by government from the citizen of the performance of his supreme and noble...
- subtle (or guileless) to have Bathsheba's grandfather ... instigate the exaction of YHWH's pound of flesh," as Nathan's curse in 2 Samuel 12:11 comes to...
- has identified several criteria for identifying when an exaction, including monetary exactions, becomes a taking that requires compensation under the Fifth...
- father: On the Hindu community [firqa] two calamities have descended, the exaction of Jizya in the towns and the oppression of the enemy in the countryside...
- been diminished by "the unreasonable and uncharitable usurpations and exactions" of the Pope. The King had much support from the Church under Cranmer...
- state (in present-day Rajasthan in India) against excessive land revenue exactions. Originating in the former jagir (feudal estate) of Bijolia (near the...
- This led to dissension among the English nobility. John's financial exactions to pay for his unsuccessful attempts to regain Normandy led in 1215 to...