JB/141/111/002

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Forfeiture of Reputation.

sometimes found here exists created by itself. This is the case for instance in England
with the ranks of Gentlemen, Esquire, Knight
and Baronet, and the ranks derived from Academical
Degrees.

Rank may be conferred either by custom or by authority.
When derived from custom it is annexed either to
family or to the occupation. When derived from authority
it is annext to the person. But whether it were conferred
by authority or no, it is in the power of authority to
diminish the reputation belonging to it, if not wholly
to take it away. A Sentence of a Judge degrading a
man from the rank of Gentleman cannot cause a man
not to have been born of a Father that was a Gentleman,
but it may divest him of a greater or less share
of that respect which men were disposed before to pay
him on that account.

As to the mode of inflicting degradation, it may
be inflicted by any process that serves to express the will
on of

Identifier: | JB/141/111/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 141.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	25, 23
Box	141	Main Headings	rationale of punishment
Folio number	111	Info in main headings field	forfeiture of reputation
Image	002	Titles	note
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f23 / f24
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::[lion with crown motif]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	48328
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