JB/100/198/003

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greater than the damage. and this This will be more particularly
apt to be the case as when the mere possession
which is the subject of the damage is and to
be uncertain in the quantity of it's value.

This for instance is the case of the (that) value of the interest which
Example
a Husband has in the affections of his wife, and vice
-versa. Some men there will always be, to whom
no sum that could be given would be as adequate
compensation for an infidelity what they would suffer
by an act of infidelity [on the part of their wives:]
others there would will always be to whom a very
small sum would be sufficient: which may happen
either because they share have little regard affection for their wives
affections, or little jealousy of others sharing it with
them, or in short a great want or a great love of money.
And this may hold good even [after although [the terms
the quantity of the compensation damages be [estimated] fixed apportioned
great and small) be understood] with reference to (each
man's circumstances.] the particular circumstances of the
sufferer. Let the compensation for instance be equal
to two years income of the party injured. Such
a gain might be a temptation to many a Husband
of the easy cast to lay traps for ensnaring men to make
love to his wife.

The same inconvenience might take place though
in a less degree were it laid down as a general
rule that the pecuniary circumstances of the party injured should
be taken for the sole measure of the [quantity of] compensation;
and that even although the precise proportion of it to his income those circumstances
should not be fixed. For from the practice of

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	100	Main Headings	punishment
Folio number	198	Info in main headings field	compensation
Image	003	Titles	note
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f25 / f26 / f27 / f28
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::v g [sic] propatria [britannia motif]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	caroline vernon
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	32214
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