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Punishment Distinguished & Defined

been spoken of by any one under the name of Punishment. I therefore
avoided purposely the introduction of any of those adjuncts considerations
the effect of which would be to express an opinion with regard
to the matter of right expediency or propriety, and by that means to narrow the
import of the thing defined.

22.
There are three of these circumstances which some persons
perhaps might have been tempted to introduce into
the definition: 1. The end of Punishment: 2. The right of the
Punisher to inflict it. 3. The Relation of the party punished
to the Act for which the Punishment was inflicted.

23.
1. The end which the punisher may have in view is
either the mere suffering of the party punished, or some other
object to be attained by the means of such suffering.

In the first case, he who punishes is said to take vengeance
or wreak his vengeance on the party punished: and
the act of Punishment as we have observed before is stiled
an act of Vengeance.

As to the second case, the effect of a man's suffering for an
Act

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	22-26
Box	159	Main Headings	punishment
Folio number	035	Info in main headings field	punishment distinguished & defined
Image	001	Titles	notes
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f21 / f22 / f23 / f24
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline fox
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Notes public		ID Number	53858
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