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C 1 Refusal of Trusts Diss.

Refusal or non-acceptance of a trust — on what Supposition such an act may become meet for punishment As the interest of the state a party may suffer by
your a mans <add>your</add> usurping a office a trust for for which you are another man
fitter to follow than he is fitter than you, so may it from your declining
to accept exercise an office accept a trust for which you
are fitter than another. The refusing an office a trust
then for which no one is so fit as yourself
is one way in which you may act counter to
the interests of the state . a party in whose favour
it is deemed expedient to subject you to such a burden.

To p.4. at top in public trusts only that non-acceptance is treated on the footing of 2

From The prejudice which the state receives from in expend to sustain
the usurpation or refusal of an office is different
according to the duty of the office: according
to the branch of Government to the carrying on
of which the duty of the office is subservient
[According to the prejudice which from the act, such
is the nature of the offence].
If it be a military office it is an offence against
the Public Force: if a judicial office, an
offence against Justice: if an offence of finance,
an offence against the Revenue.

From p.11. No 1 An In every office there are two things to
be consider'd; the burthen or duty and the profit: these are
mixed in various proportions. In some offices there
is nothing scarce any but burthen, & scarce any profit. in
others there is scarce any thing but profit & scarce
any burthen. More then that, Moreover as the same practise will

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	072	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	082	Info in main headings field	refusal of trusts
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[gr with crown motif] pro patria [with motif]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23699
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