Definition of Exactions. Meaning of Exactions. Synonyms of Exactions

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Definition of Exactions

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 Exactions from wikipedia

- for imposing the exaction is to offset the costs, defined broadly in economic terms, of the development to the muni****lity. Exactions are similar to impact...
- that the standard would only apply to adjudicative exactions, not legislatively enacted exactions imposed upon "a broad class of property owners." The...
- property to halt ****ure violence is sufficient to commit the offense. Exaction refers not only to extortion or the demanding and obtaining of something...
- has identified several criteria for identifying when an exaction, including monetary exactions, becomes a taking that requires compensation under the Fifth...
- state (in present-day Rajasthan in India) against excessive land revenue exactions. Originating in the former jagir (feudal estate) of Bijolia (near the...
- led to dissension among the English nobility, while John's financial exactions to pay for his unsuccessful attempts to regain Normandy led in 1215 to...
- to maintain such industries as will sustain her economy and permit the exaction of just reparations in kind, but not those which would enable her to rearm...
- several times to Grenoble. Its people consequently had to suffer from the exactions of the soldiers. The nobility of the region took part in various battles...
- maintenance of the Government which protects him, it is plain that the exaction of more than this is indefensible extortion and a culpable betrayal of...
- rights. According to the ITUC, the visa sponsorship system allows the exaction of forced labour by making it difficult for a migrant worker to leave an...