involuntary payment

involuntary 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 Paym § 162. A payment, as of taxes, made under an immediate and urgent necessity. 51 Am J1st Tax § 1185. A payment made because of some actual or threatened exercise of power possessed, or believed to be possessed, by the party exacting or receiving the payment over the person or property of another, for which the latter has no other means of immediate relief than by making the payment. 40 Am J1st Paym § 162; 51 Am J1st Tax § 1185.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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