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39. C Of Compensation.

petty mischief and holding out a reward for greater,
the Law goes as far as it can go in such a way
towards frustrating its own purposes, and turning
a little villain into a great one.

Let compensation to the Heir be ample
2.
In giving Compensation to a man's family <add>family representatives</add> for injuries
affecting the his life [or fortune] of their deceased principal, his ancestor let every
the remotest prospect of advantage which by the his
death they of the ancestor his family are deprived of
be taken into account.

Reasons.

That the Heir may gain more by prosecuting than conniving.
Besides the Reasons already given why in a
general View Compensation should descend to representatives,
there is this use in making it as ample as
possible in the present case, viz: to prevent as much as possible its being
in the power of the offender to buy off the representative,
and so as to make it his interest by abandoning the
prosecution to exempt the offender from the so much remainder of




Identifier: | JB/098/041/003
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 98.

Date_1

Marginal Summary Numbering

not numbered

Box

098

Main Headings

penal code

Folio number

041

Info in main headings field

of compensation

Image

003

Titles

Category

copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

4

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

f37 / f38 / f39 / f40

Penner

Watermarks

[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown emblem]]]

Marginals

Paper Producer

caroline fox

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

31649

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