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10
C
Of Compensation.
Of a thing to be made amends for, the greatest Value shall be preferred.
done or of which a man has been wrongfully deprived
be susceptible of different values, at different times, or according
to different modes of valuation, the greatest of
all such values that as can fairly be attributed to it shall be preferred.
13.
Example.
A Man buys a Horse for instance for £10; a
thief shortly after steals it and sells it for £15. This shall
entitle the owner to have it valued at £15. If the Horse had
sold but for £5, still the owner would have been intituled
to have it valued at £10.
Sect VI.
S.VI. Favour to be shewn to a party damnified
against the Aliences of the Wrong-doer.
1.
Restitution of a thing aliened by certain offences may be exacted from any possessor
A Party who has been deprived of the possession of a
thing by means of Theft, Enbezzlement, Fraudulent obtainment,
habitation, or Robbery shall be intitled to have it restored
to him be it what it will, so the identity of it can be
ascertained; and that into whose possession it may
have come.
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