exacting payment

  • 1Exacting — Exact Ex*act , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Exacted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exacting}.] [From L. exactus, p. p. of exigere; or fr. LL. exactare: cf. OF. exacter. See {Exact}, a.] To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2involuntary payment — A payment forced or compelled. A payment made against the will of the person who pays, that is, a payment made under some fact or circumstance which overcomes the will and imposes a necessity of payment in order to escape further ills. 40 Am J1st …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 3compulsory payment — A payment compelled by force of law either directly through process or by suasion through threat of process which is not to be resisted. Blanchard v Blanchard, 201 NY 134, 94 NE 630. To constitute a compulsory payment, it is not essential that… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 4LIEN — (Heb. שִׁעְבּוּד נְכָסִים, Shibud Nekhasim). The Concept Jewish law enables the creditor to exercise a lien over all the debtor s property, in addition to his remedies against the debtor personally. This lien automatically comes into existence on …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 5dharna —    (DAHR nah) [Hindi: placing; the act of sitting in restraint] In India, a way of exacting payment or compliance with a demand by sitting at the oppressor’s doorstep and fasting until death or until justice is done …

    Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

  • 6exact — 1 adjective 1 correct and including all the necessary details: exact description of the assassin | I don t know the exact terms of the agreement. | exact replica/copy etc: They built an exact replica of the opera house in Naples. | to be exact… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 7συναναπρᾶξαι — συναναπράσσω join in exacting payment aor inf act …

    Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)

  • 8cocks, throwing at —    A number of traditional sports, called cock threshing , throwing at cocks , cock running , were particularly popular at Shrovetide. In its basic form a live cock, or hen, is tied by one leg to a stake or other immovable object. Players take it …

    A Dictionary of English folklore

  • 9screw — [skro͞o] n. [ME screwe < MFr escroue, hole in which the screw turns < L scrofa, sow, infl. by scrobis, vulva] 1. a) a mechanical device for fastening things together, consisting essentially of a cylindrical or conical piece of metal… …

    English World dictionary

  • 10TAXATION — This article is arranged according to the following outline: historical aspects legal aspects the biblical period the talmudic period the post talmudic period in general yardsticks of tax assessment taxable property Place of Residence, Business,… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism