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• EXTORTION (Lat. extorsio, from extorquere, to twist out, to take away by force)

EXTORTION (See also:

• LAT

Lat. extorsio, from extorquere, to twist out, to take away by force)  , in See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law the See also:

• TERM

term applied to the exaction by public See also:

• OFFICERS

officers of See also:

• MONEY

money or money's See also:

• WORTH
• WORTH, CHARLES FREDERICK (1825-1895)

worth not due at all, or in excess of what is due, or before it is due . Such exaction, unless made in See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good faith (i.e. in honest See also:

• MISTAKE (i.e. take amiss)

mistake as to the sum properly payable), is a See also:

• MISDEMEANOUR (from O. Fr. mes- and demener, to conduct oneself ill)

misdemeanour by the See also:

• COMMON

common law and is punishable by See also:

• FINE

fine and (or) imprisonment . Besides the See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment above stated, an See also:

• ACTION

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 . I. c . 26) . 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 (Lat. actus, actum)

Act 1887), See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court bailiffs (County Courts Act 1888), clerks of courts of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice, and gaolers who exact fees from prisoners . A gaoler is also punishable for detaining the See also:

• CORPSE (Lat. corpus, the body)

corpse of a prisoner as See also:

• SECURITY (Lat. securus, free from care, safe)

security for See also:

• DEBT (Lat. debitum, a thing owed)

debt . The term " public officer " is not limited to offices under the See also:

• CROWN

crown; and there are old precedents of criminal proceedings for See also:

• EXTORTION (Lat. extorsio, from extorquere, to twist out, to take away by force)

extortion against churchwardens, and against millers and ferrymen who demand tolls in excess of what is customary under their See also:

• FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, freedom, franc, free)

franchise . The term extortion is also applied to the exaction of money or money's worth by menaces of See also:

• PERSONAL

personal violence or by threats to accuse of See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime or to publish defamatory See also:

• MATTER

matter about another See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person . These offences fall partly under the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of See also:

• ROBBERY (from O. Fr. rober, to steal)

robbery and partly under See also:

• BLACKMAIL

blackmail, or what in See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French is termed See also:

• CHANTAGE (a Fr. word from chanter, to sing, slang for a criminal making an avowal under examination)

chantage . 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 . 423; vol. iii. p .

348) .