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Simple Mercantile Defraudment
From p. 8. No 1
Instructions to the Legislator
Here come in a multitude of different regulations
respecting the different wares and commodities the
which and works <add>different sorts of work which</add> may give occasion to this offence.
[+] [+] Examples of such regulations are found in abundance in the laws of almost all the modern nations of Europe . But the natures of the wares and commodities and works are in
use are infinitely diversified by the influence
of local circumstances . To enter into such details
would therefore be incompetent to the present
purpose .
Frauds also may be combated to advantage
in the way of indirect legislation : to wit
by regulations the object of which is to render fraud them
physically speaking, more difficult to practise , by rendering them more
at open to detection . Such are those establishing
particular weights measures , tests and other
standards , as also particular methods of rules and directions for applying them. These regulations it is evident must
be altogether as various as the others.
One expedient there is , the application which will admitt
of which is pretty extensive application . . it is obvious that
in regard to many kinds of merchandise , a fraud
practised in one instance affords a very strong and natural
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jeremy bentham |
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alexander mavrokordatos |
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