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Of Justifications Reasons

may, the secondary mischief of the attack, has nothing
to correspond to it in the mischief of the
defence. A man's attacking you unlawfully gives
just reason to those who know of it to apprehend
that if the injury is be permitted to go unpunished, he or
others may on some occasion or other inflict
the lif like on them: but from any thing you
do to him with no other view than that of defending
yourself against such attack no such apprehension
can possibly arise.

Question VII

Why a party unlawfully attacked, rather than defend
himself is not bound to save himself by yielding
ground, rather than defend himself.

Reasons

1. Because if he were punished under such circumstances
for defending himself, the punishment
would not only be groundless; but in every other respect pernicious. If being attacked you were
bound to give ground rather than defend yourself,
this would in effect be putting it in the power
of your adversary to put you to flight, and
drive you about wheresoever he met you. This
would be giving him a great advantage: and in
certain circumstances might put it in his power
to do you such mischief as might prove
irreparable: for it might happen that from a multitude

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	071	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	006	Info in main headings field	of justifications - reasons
Image	003	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f5 / f6 / f7 / f8
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::s. lay [britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	alexander mavrokordatos
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23409
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