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" 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. "
Journal of the Senate of the State of Washington Sitting as a Court of ... - Page 701
by John H. Schively - 1909 - 860 pages
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Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 4

William Blackstone - 1791 - 528 pages
...juflice, which confifts 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 ". The punifhment is fine and imprifonment, and fometimes a forfeiture...
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Commentaries on the Laws of England, Volume 4

William Blackstone - 1800 - 620 pages
...juflice, which confifts 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 ". The punifhment is fine and imprifonment, and fometimes a forfeiture...
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A Compendium and Digest of the Laws of Massachusetts, Volume 1, Part 2

Massachusetts, William Charles White - 1811 - 214 pages
...public justice which consists in an 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. The punishment is fine and imprisonment, and sometimes a forfeiture...
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The Office and Duty of a Justice of the Peace, and a Guide to Sheriffs ...

Henry Potter - 1816 - 474 pages
...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. The punishment is fine and imprisonment, and sometimes a forfeiture...
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The Political State of the British Empire: Containing a General ..., Volume 2

John Adolphus - 1818 - 762 pages
...public juftice, which sonfifts in any officer 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. The punifhment is fine and imprifonment, and fometimes a forfeiture...
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Report of the Trial by Impeachment of James Prescott, Judge of the Probate ...

Octavius Pickering, William Howard Gardiner - 1821 - 238 pages
...then, that it " consists in any officer's unlawfully taking, by color 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." See Black. Com. vol. 4, p. 141. Also 1 Hawk. PC 170. With reference...
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The British Constitution, Or an Epitome of Blackstone's Commentaries on the ...

Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - 1823 - 872 pages
...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 his due, or before it is due. The punishment is fine and imprisonment, and sometimes a forfeiture...
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A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, Volume 1

William Oldnall Russell - 1824 - 594 pages
...; but in a more strict sense signifies the unlawofficcr«. j-(1| {д!^,^ Uy a,,y officer, by colour 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 «lue. (n) By the statute of Westm, 1. (3 Edw. 1.) c. 26. which is...
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The Parliamentary Debates, Volume 9

Great Britain. Parliament - 1824 - 830 pages
...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. The punishment is line and imprisonment, and sometimes a forfeiture...
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Commentaries on the laws of England. [Another], Volume 4

sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 584 pages
...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 ". The punishment is fine and imprisonment, and sometimes a forfeiture...
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