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<head>Of Compensation.</head> | <head>Of Compensation.</head> | ||
<p>nature, there is more certainty that the loss of a certain sum<lb/> | <p>nature, there is more certainty that the loss of a certain sum<lb/> | ||
will outweigh it than where it is of any other nature;<lb/> | will outweigh it than where it is of any other nature;<lb/> | ||
for instance of the malevolent <add>or</add> vindictive kind: so that this<lb/> | for instance of the malevolent <add>or</add> vindictive kind: so that this<lb/> | ||
case affords the greatest certainty of making compensation<lb/> | case affords the greatest certainty of making compensation<lb/> | ||
answer not its own purpose only, but that of punishments.< | answer not its own purpose only, but that of punishments.</p> | ||
In the succeeding cases it will appear that the weight<lb/> | |||
<p>In the succeeding cases it will appear that the weight<lb/> | |||
of these reasons receives a diminution at every step. </p> | of these reasons receives a diminution at every step. </p> | ||
<head>2.</head> | <head>2.</head> | ||
<p><note>What acts are most apt to he attended with a pecuniary <hi rend='underline'>loss</hi>.</note>Now there are no acts affecting individuals that<lb/> | <p><note>What acts are most apt to he attended with a pecuniary <hi rend='underline'>loss</hi>.</note><lb/>Now there are no acts affecting individuals that<lb/> | ||
may not, by their remote consequences, occasion a | may not, by their remote consequences, occasion a pecuniary <lb/> | ||
or quasi-pecuniary <hi rend='underline'>loss</hi>: acts affecting a man's person,<lb/> | |||
acts affecting his property, acts affecting his reputation, acts<lb/> | acts affecting his property, acts affecting his reputation, acts<lb/> | ||
affecting his condition or station in life, may all be attended<lb/> | affecting his condition or station in life, may all be attended<lb/> | ||
with this effect.< | with this effect.<hi rend='superscript'>+</hi> <note><hi rend='superscript'>+</hi> See postea</note> But those which are called offences against<lb/> | ||
property are essentially attended with this effect;<lb/> | |||
the others only by accident.</p> | the others only by accident.</p> | ||
<head>3.</head> | <head>3.</head> | ||
<note>What with a | <p><note>What with a pecuniary <hi rend='underline'>profit</hi>.</note><lb/>So also there are no such acts from which the author<lb/> | ||
of the damage may not reap a pecuniary or quasi-pecuniary <hi rend='underline'>profit</hi>:</p> | of the damage may not reap a pecuniary or quasi-pecuniary <hi rend='underline'>profit</hi>:</p> | ||
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6 C Of Compensation.
nature, there is more certainty that the loss of a certain sum
will outweigh it than where it is of any other nature;
for instance of the malevolent or vindictive kind: so that this
case affords the greatest certainty of making compensation
answer not its own purpose only, but that of punishments.
In the succeeding cases it will appear that the weight
of these reasons receives a diminution at every step.
2.
What acts are most apt to he attended with a pecuniary loss.
Now there are no acts affecting individuals that
may not, by their remote consequences, occasion a pecuniary
or quasi-pecuniary loss: acts affecting a man's person,
acts affecting his property, acts affecting his reputation, acts
affecting his condition or station in life, may all be attended
with this effect.+ + See postea But those which are called offences against
property are essentially attended with this effect;
the others only by accident.
3.
What with a pecuniary profit.
So also there are no such acts from which the author
of the damage may not reap a pecuniary or quasi-pecuniary profit:
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