exaction of tribute. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
exaction of various dues and fees. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Noun : the exactions of usury. From Dictionary.com.
She never flinched when any exaction was required. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Rosamond's Secret A Romance of Fredericton] Reference
There is indeed no evidence of a desire for such exaction. From Wordnik.com. [A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861] Reference
Administration to relieve our trade to the Baltic from the exaction of. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
And that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 16: 2 Esdras The Challoner Revision] Reference
Renata, who came out with Patricia, protested a little indignantly at the latter's exaction. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
During the reign of William, a system of exaction was carried on with respect to this family. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
They have withered with the indigo manufactory, under the heavy hand of ministerial exaction. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
The exaction of fees, too, by the Judge of the Vice-Admiralty, while he received a salary of £200. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
Had the Dummy actually claimed the revoke, it would preclude the exaction of a penalty, even had the. From Wordnik.com. [Auction of To-day] Reference
It is a very small exaction to make as a preliminary to full restoration to all the rights of citizenship. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference
In either case the pride is likely to show itself in a jealous exaction of consideration for the individual. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Impression of the Philippines] Reference
It contained also a promise of secrecy, and an exaction of a similar observance on the part of Lord Sunderland. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.] Reference
Very recently, Gardiner had been obliged to borrow heavily to meet the exaction on becoming bishop of Winchester. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
In justification, or at least in explanation of this exaction for an opportunity, three reasons are usually given. From Wordnik.com. [Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View] Reference
If a married woman commits adultery with another man of the tribe they are pardoned with the exaction of one feast. From Wordnik.com. [The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II] Reference
If the only objection to this exaction were the exorbitancy of its amount, it could not be submitted to by the United States. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
Moreover, the former ordinance has the appearance of an exaction, whereas the latter bears a likeness to a gratuitous remuneration. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Well protesters demanded her exaction as a result and Gibbons lawyer says he expects Sudan's president will actually drop the charges. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2007] Reference
Lunan attributes its downfall to heavy ministerial exaction, which was then, he says, upwards of 480 per cent. on its marketable value. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
Common to both religions is the condemnation of the exaction of interest and monetary speculation, which the middle ages regarded as usury. From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Islam] Reference
If the manner of payment of the Sound dues differ from that of the tribute formerly conceded to the Barbary States, still their exaction by. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
Religious exaction is most strict, but there are few religious privileges except for Brahmans, and these they possess by divine birthright. From Wordnik.com. [Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891] Reference
He does homage to no man for his great stile's sake, but is strictly just in the exaction of respect again, and will not bate you a complement. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
The highest exaction to be made of an historian, and the loftiest function which he could claim to exercise, are expressed in these two conditions. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 18, April, 1859] Reference
Every husbandman, for example, paid the seventh part of the produce of his fields to his sovereign; his flocks even were not exempted from this exaction. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Moors of Spain] Reference
I must own that the shameful exaction of money at the doors created a feeling of dissatisfaction which, perhaps, in some measure transferred itself to the edifice. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Rob Roy ordered them to drive off the cattle from the estate: Abernchile was forced to make an humble apology in order to avert his wrath, and to pay the exaction. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume II.] Reference
Theobald Walter collector of the monie, for the scraping and raking togither whereof, in huge sums, he put the former shifts of extortion and exaction in practise. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) Richard the First] Reference
I retorted at once, rather ably, that "I could not conceive a better plan for bringing Prelates to pauperism than the exaction of extortionate fees at Installation.". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 13, 1891] Reference
Sinai; and thirdly, the exaction fatal to the principles of popular representation, of a representation for slaves -- for articles of merchandise, under the name of persons. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
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