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C 11
Of Extortion
if upon your offering him a fee greater than what
is his due, he accept it without telling you of
its being more than his due: or as if he does puts
off the business, or does it badly, in order that
you may think it necessary prudent to give him
a fee in the hopes of disposing him to do it
better or quicker.
[(D) Soon] A fee which is given in order that the such or such a To p. 8 par. 2
part of the business of an Office may be done sooner than it would
be otherwise, is stiled an expedition-fee, or expedition-money
Expedition money, Torte what — To take it is extortion It matters not whether the expedition which the
fee is designed to purchase be absolute: that is
whether the design is that the business should be done sooner
than it would be otherwise, without regard to any the
other business of any other man: or relative; that even
with respect to the business of some other man: nor
in this case whether the design be that your
business should be preferred to that of another man
or only not postponed; nor whether you, or he, or
neither of you, has a preferable right to have his
done first. To p. 8. par. 2.
Identifier: | JB/071/036/003"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 71. |
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extortion |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
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