The natural meaning of the word “extort” is to obtain money or othervaluable thing either by compulsion, by actual force, or by the force of motives appliedto the will, and often more

Any oppression by color or pretense of right, and particularly the exactionby an officer of money, by color of his office, either when none at all is due, ornot so much is

A Latin preposition, occurring In many legal phrases; it means beyond, exceptwithout, out of, outside.

A portion or fragment of a writing. In Scotch law. the certified copy, by aclerk of a court, of the proceedings In an action carried on before the court, and of the

In old English law. The issues or profits of holding a court,arising from the customary fees, etc.

The surrender of a criminal by a foreign state to which he has fled for refuge from prosecution to the state within whose jurisdiction the crime was committed, upon the demand of

In Louisiana this term is used to designate that propertywhich forms no part of the dowry of a woman, and which is also called “paraphernalproperty.” Civ. Code La. art. 2315. Fleitas v.

In the law of insurance. Characterized or attended by circumstances or conditions of special and unusual danger. Reynolds v. Insurance Co., 47 N. Y. 597; Russell v. Insurance Co., 71Iowa, 69, 32

In old English law. An animal wandering or straying about, without an owner; an estray. Spelman.

That which Is done, given, or effected outside the course of regularjudicial proceedings; not founded upon, or unconnected with, the action of a courtof law; as extrajudicial evidence, an extrajudicial oath.That which,

In mining law. The right of the owner of a mining claim dulylocated on the public domain to follow, and mine, any vein or lode the apex of whichlies within the boundaries

In old English law. One foreign born; a foreigner. 7 Coke, 10.In Roman law. An heir not born in the family of the testator. Those of a foreignotate. The same as alicnus.

Out of the ordinary ; exceeding the usual, average, or normalmeasure or degree.

Out of a pari.ih; not within the bounds or limits of any punsh. 1 Bl. Comm. 113, 2S4.

The exira-teiritorial operation of laws; that Is, their operation upon persons, rights, or juralrelations,, existing beyond the limits of the enacting state, but still amenable to its laws.

In canon law. Those decretal epistles which were published afterthe Clementines. They were so called because at first they were not digested orarranged with the other papal constitutions, but seemed to be,

In the law of divorce. The infliction of grievous bodily harm or grievous mental suffering. Civ. CodeCal. 1903.

To constitute extreme hazard, the situation of a vessel must besuch that there is imminent danger of her being lost, notwithstanding all the means thatcan be applied to get her off. King

When a person is sick beyond the hope of recovery, and near death, he is said to be in extremis.Extremis probatis, praesumuntnr media. Extremes being proved, intermediate things are presumed. Tray. Lat

Foreign; from outside sources; dehors. As to extrinsic evidence, see EVIDENCE.