In old records. To grub woodland, and reduce it to arable or meadow; "to stock up." Cowell. … [Read more...]

A technical word used in indictments for extortion. It is a sufficient averment of a corrupt intent, in an indictment for extortion, to allege that the defendant "extorsively" took the unlawful fee. Leeman v. State. 35 Ark.. 438, 37 Am. Rep. 44. … [Read more...]

The natural meaning of the word "extort" is to obtain money or other valuable thing either by compulsion, by actual force, or by the force of motives applied to the will, and often more overpowering and irresistible than physical force. Com. v. O'Brien, 12 Cush. (Mass.) 90. See EXTORTION. Extortio est crimen quando quis colore officii extorquet quod non est debitum, vel supra … [Read more...]

crimes. In a large sense it, signifies any oppression, under color of right: but in a more strict sense it means 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. To constitute extortion, there must be the receipt of money or something of value; the taking a promissory … [Read more...]

(The extent or survey of a manor.) The title of a statute passed 4 Edw. I. St. 1; being a sort of direction for making a survey or terrier of a manor, and all its appendages. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 140. … [Read more...]