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<note>Wagers<lb/>Wagers another <lb/>case where reward <lb/>may have a pernicious<lb/> tendency the<lb/> tendency of <del>the</del> evil<lb/>produce the evil <lb/>being <gap/><lb/></note><p>Another instance in which an emolument is<lb/>liable in <del>an indirect</del> a way not altogether obvious<lb/>to operate as <add>have the effect of</add> a reward, is that of <hi rend="underline">wagering</hi>. <add><hi rend="underline">wagers</hi>.</add><lb/>A wager is a contract whereby one person undertakes<lb/>to pay a certain sum of money or perform<lb/>some other service <note>in case of the happening <lb/>of an event<lb/> which is looked upon<lb/> <del>as uncertain</del> <add>by one or other of the</add><lb/>parties as uncertain<lb/></note> in consideration of another<lb/>person's undertaking to pay another sum of money<lb/>or perform some other service in case of the<lb/>happening of some other event, which is also<lb/>looked upon as uncertain: as if a man were to <lb/>say to you I will lay you two pound that<lb/>Peter does not die within this twelvemonth, and<lb/>you were to say <add>—</add> agreed. It is evident that if <lb/>the event upon which <del>the</del> either service is<lb/>stipulated to be <sic>renderd</sic> be an event which it is<lb/>in the power of <del>either</del> <add>the</add> party to whom the emolument<lb/>would accrue to produce, the wager has<lb/>thereby a tendency to act in the capacity of a <lb/>reward, prompting him to endeavour at the<lb/>production of that event. It affords an impelling<lb/>motive, whatever restraining motives there may be.<lb/>If <add>it be stated, that</add> the event to which the emolument is annexed<lb/><del>be stated to be</del> is one in the production<lb/> <note>of</note></p> | |||
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37
Reward
28
Cases § 3
Wagers
Wagers another
case where reward
may have a pernicious
tendency the
tendency of the evil
produce the evil
being
Another instance in which an emolument is
liable in an indirect a way not altogether obvious
to operate as have the effect of a reward, is that of wagering. wagers.
A wager is a contract whereby one person undertakes
to pay a certain sum of money or perform
some other service in case of the happening
of an event
which is looked upon
as uncertain by one or other of the
parties as uncertain
in consideration of another
person's undertaking to pay another sum of money
or perform some other service in case of the
happening of some other event, which is also
looked upon as uncertain: as if a man were to
say to you I will lay you two pound that
Peter does not die within this twelvemonth, and
you were to say — agreed. It is evident that if
the event upon which the either service is
stipulated to be renderd be an event which it is
in the power of either the party to whom the emolument
would accrue to produce, the wager has
thereby a tendency to act in the capacity of a
reward, prompting him to endeavour at the
production of that event. It affords an impelling
motive, whatever restraining motives there may be.
If it be stated, that the event to which the emolument is annexed
be stated to be is one in the production
of
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