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25. C Of Compensation.
respective impediments are removed.
5.
Unless he be honestly unable.
Let not such security however be exacted, if the
party, without any impeachment of his character, is not unable
to find such security; as if he be in very poor circumstances
or a stranger.
6.
Caution against collusive Claims
Let the Judge beware of fraudulent and collusive
claims set up for the benefit of the offender; and let him
at any rate prevent any such attempts from taking effect.
§ect. X.
§. X. Ground of Abatement -- Pecuniary Inability.
1.
In Compensation, the poverty of the offender may be a ground of abatement.
Where no pecuniary profit has been reaped by
the author of the damage, in such cases if the offender
be so poor that the sum requisite to make a full
compensation would be too much for him to be made
to pay in the way of punishment, full compensation
ought not to be exacted: especially if the party
damaged have sustained no pecuniary loss.
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