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n. The act of exacting.

n. Excessive or unjust demand; extortion.

n. Something exacted.

n. 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.

n. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.

n. 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; ; hence, extortion.

n. That which is exacted; a severe tribute; a fee, reward, or contribution, demanded or levied with severity or injustice.

n. The act of demanding with authority and compelling to pay or yield; compulsory or authoritative demand; excessive or arbitrary requirement: as, the exaction of tribute or of obedience.

n. That which is exacted; a requisition; especially, something compulsorily required without right, or in excess of what is due or proper.

n. In law, a wrong done by an officer or one in pretended authority, by taking a reward or fee for that for which the law allows none. See extortion.

n. The calling of a party to answer. See exact, v., 4.

n. act of demanding or levying by force or authority

"Smith was appointed along with Professor Muirhead to go and represent to the Provost that the exaction was a violation of the privileges of the University, and to demand repayment within eight days, under pain of legal proceedings."

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