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20.
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Of Compensation
without any impeachment of his character, is not able to find
such security; as if he be in very poor circumstances and a stranger.
6.
Caution against
collusive claims
Let the Judge beware of fraudulent and collusive
claims set up for the benefit of the offender; and let him at any
rate prevent any such attempts from taking effect.
§ectX.
§. X. Ground of Abatement -- Pecuniary
Inability.
1.
In compensation the
poverty of the offender
may be a ground of
abatement.
Where no pecuniary profit has been reaped by the author of
the damage, in such cases if the offender be so poor that the sum re=
:quisite to make a full compensation would be too much for him
to be made to pay in the way of punishment, full compensati=
=on ought not to be exacted, especially if the party damaged have
sustained no pecuniary loss.
§ect. XI.
§. XI. How to estimate pecuniary Ability.
1.
Method of estimating
a man's pecuniary ability.
To take an estimate of the pecuniary ability of a party, pro=
:ceed as follows
1. Take an account of the enabling circumstances belonging to his For=
=tune.
2. Take an account of the disabling circumstances attending it.
3. Strike the balance, which if on the enabling side gives the clear a=
=mount of his pecuniary ability.
2
1. His enabling circumstances.
Among his enabling circumstances are to be reckoned the following, 1.
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alexander mavrokordatos |
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