See also:EXTORTION (See also:Lat. extorsio, from extorquere, to twist out, to take away by force)
, in See also:English See also:law the See also:term applied to the exaction by public See also:officers of See also:money or money's See also:worth not due at all, or in excess of what is due, or before it is due
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Such exaction, unless made in See also:good faith (i.e. in honest See also:mistake as to the sum properly payable), is a See also:misdemeanour by the See also:common law and is punishable by See also:fine and (or) imprisonment
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Besides the See also:punishment above stated, an See also:action for twice the value of the thing extorted lies against officers of the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king (127513 Edw
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I. c
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26)
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There are numerous provisions for the punishment of particular officers who make illegal exactions or take illegal fees: e.g. sheriffs and their officers (Sheriffs See also:Act 1887), See also:county See also:court bailiffs (County Courts Act 1888), clerks of courts of See also:justice, and gaolers who exact fees from prisoners
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A gaoler is also punishable for detaining the See also:corpse of a prisoner as See also:security for See also:debt
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The term " public officer " is not limited to offices under the See also:crown; and there are old precedents of criminal proceedings for See also:extortion against churchwardens, and against millers and ferrymen who demand tolls in excess of what is customary under their See also:franchise
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The term extortion is also applied to the exaction of money or money's worth by menaces of See also:personal violence or by threats to accuse of See also:crime or to publish defamatory See also:matter about another See also:person
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These offences fall partly under the See also:head of See also:robbery and partly under See also:blackmail, or what in See also:French is termed See also:chantage
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See See also:- RUSSELL (FAMILY)
- RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
- RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
- RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
- RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
- RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
- RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
- RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
- RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
- RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )
Russell on Crimes (6th ed., vol. i. p
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423; vol. iii. p
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348)
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