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exaction

[ig-zak-shuhn] / ɪgˈzæk ʃən /


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Other areas of technology that Australia sees as critical include advanced cyber security, communications, mineral exaction, autonomous vehicles and novel antibiotics.

From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2021

In answering that constitutional question, this Court follows a functional approach, ‘disregarding the designation of the exaction, and viewing its substance and application.’

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2012

It does not, however, control whether an exaction is within Congress' power to tax.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2012

“We need not here decide the precise point at which an exaction becomes so punitive that the taxing power does not authorize it,” Chief Justice Roberts wrote, all but guaranteeing a flood of new litigation.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2012

His position must have offered temptation to exaction.

From Pastor Pastorum by Latham, Rev. Henry




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