 Lastly, extortion is an abuse of public justice, which consists in any officer's unlawfully taking, by colour of his office, from any man, any money or thing of value, that is not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due.  A New Dictionary of the English Language - Page 287by Charles Richardson - 1839 - 886 pagesFull view - About this book
 | David Mitchell Aird - Law - 1873 - 366 pages
...punishable by fine and imprisonment. XVII. Extortion is an abuse of public justice, which consists in any officer's unlawfully taking, by colour of his...not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. The punishment is fine and imprisonment, and sometimes a forfeiture of office. XVIII. Negligence... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - Law - 1874 - 724 pages
...(r) Hawk. PC b. 1, c. 68; and [XIX. Lastly, extortion is an abuse of public justice ; which consists in any officer's unlawfully taking, by colour of his...not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. The punishment for this misdemeanor is fine and imprisonment, and sometimes a forfeiture of... | |
 | Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - Law - 1875 - 858 pages
...the offence committed. XXIV. Lastly, extortion is an abuse of public justice, which consists in an officer's unlawfully taking, by colour of his office, from any man, any money xxiv EX- or thing of value, that is not due to him, or more than is due, tortion. or before it is due... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1876 - 658 pages
...abuse of public justice, which consists in any officer's unlawfully taking, by colour of his ofiice, from any man, any money or thing of value, that is not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. (и) The punishment is fine and imprisonment, and sometimes a forfeiture of the office. (29)... | |
 | Edgar Dyke Whitmarsh - 1877 - 620 pages
...greediness. The English word extortion is an abuse of the public justice, which consists in an officer unlawfully taking by colour of his office, from any...not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. — SIR W. BLACKSTONE, Commentaries, book iv. c. I. SINS MENTIONED IN GAL. v. 19-21. ' They... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1877 - 640 pages
...20. Lastly, Extortion ; which consists in an officer's unlawfully taking, by colour of his office, any money or thing of value, that is not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. The punishment for this offence, which is fortunately equally rare, is fine and imprisonment,... | |
 | Samuel Robinson Clarke - Criminal law - 1878 - 486 pages
...profitable,, will also generally ensue. Extortion in the more strict sense of the word, consists in an officer's unlawfully taking, by colour of his office,...not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. This offence is of the degree of misdemeanor, and all persons concerned therein, if guilty... | |
 | Jabez Franklin Cowdery - 1878 - 842 pages
...writings, etc. EXTORTION. Extortion. — The unlawful taking by any officer, by color of his office, of any money or thing of value that is not due to him, or more than is due, or before it is due. See CKIMES AND PUNISHMENTS. EXTRADITION. Extradition. — The surrender by one state to another,... | |
 | Benjamin Vaughan Abbott - Law - 1879 - 1054 pages
...justice, which consists in any officer's unlawfully taking, by color of hie office, from any man, аиу money or thing of value that is not due to him, or before it is due. 4 131. Com. 141. Extortion is any oppression under color of right. In a stricter... | |
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