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10 C
Of Unlawful Reproach
party will have to deal with. Still however on the account
of publicity, as far as that alone is concerned it is
manifestly worse for a man to have the reports that are
spread to his disadvantage conveyed to by permanent signs
than by evanescent.
— On other accounts, less. 24 in total diminished 1 The degree and nature and degree of the are and cannot, as in the other case, be deteriorated or amplified. 2. The imputation being first, present a first basis to the defence. On other accounts however it is commonly of advantage
to him that the imputation cast upon him be expressed
by signs of a permanent nature. When this is the
case, there is a standard by which the nature of the imputation
is determined, and which prevents it in some
measure from being amplified to that degree of enormity
to which it might otherwise have arrived. been pushed. The Man
himself too knows precisely what is urged against him;
and by that means knows precisely how to fashion his
defence.
25 Defamation mischief is measured 1. by being — more so when in Print than when in Writing. Hence it appears already that when defamation
is delivered in signs of a permanent nature, it is better
for the party defamed that it should be in writing only and
Identifier: | JB/072/035/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 72.
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072 |
penal code |
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035 |
of offences against reputation in general / of unlawful reproach |
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002 |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
2 |
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recto |
f9 / f10 |
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23652 |
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