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.