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Forfeiture of Reputation.

by a punishment applied indeed to the body but not till
after it has ceased to be susceptible of punishment. I mean
not till after death: this may be stiled post humous or
post-obitory corporal ignominy infamy (a)

To the head of Forfeiture of Reputation must be
referred

Note.

(a) To this head may be referred a part of the punishment in
use in England for High Treason according to the Common Law: the
taking out and burning of the entrails, the cutting off the head, and
the dividing the body into four quarters which are disposed of at
the King's pleasure. 2. Hawkins 443.

By an English Statute in cases of murder the Judge is
enjoyed to order the body (after the criminal has been put to
death by hanging) to be publicly dissected, and is empowered
to order it to be hung in chains as the phrase is: which
is practised by suspending it from a Gibbet in an iron frame).
Gibbeting.

Identifier: | JB/141/109/003 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 141.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	17-19
Box	141	Main Headings	rationale of punishment
Folio number	109	Info in main headings field	forfeiture of reputation
Image	003	Titles	note
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f17 / f18 / f19 / f20
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown motif]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	caroline fox
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	48326
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