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38. C Of Compensation.
punishment, but if he will misuse you worse, and
can continue to destroy your health in such a manner
that a mortal though lingering disease or infirmity
shall be the consequence, he is safe. If he keeps
you in confinement for a little time, he will be
punished: but if he can continue to keep you in
confinement all your life-time he is safe.
7. -- and in all, to vexatious litigation.
7. Not in these offences only but in all injuries
whatsoever does the plan objected to afford a
temptation, and that often a very strong one, to add
one injury to another. When the injury for which
your adversary stands in jeopardy and the opportunity
which gave occasion to it are at an end, it may
still be his interest to give you every vexation in
his power, and particularly to retard as much as
possible the decision of the Law: by every vexation which
he can bring upon You, by every delay he can create
he has a chance of being a gainer. By punishing petty
Identifier: | JB/098/041/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 98.
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copy/fair copy sheet |
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[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown emblem]]] |
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caroline fox |
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