Chapter — Marc, Institutiones Morales

CHAPTER III: On the Measure and Order of Restitution

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St. Alphonsus, III, 579; ed. G., II, p. 71; Laymann, l. 3, s. 5, tr. 2, c. 6; Salmant., tr. 13, c. 1; Noldin, II, n. 498; Aertnys, tr. VII, n. 335, and other cited authors.

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Since several damagers can act either separately, each his own thing, or jointly, and some can influence the damage more or less than others, hence from such order and measure of influence, the order and measure of restitution is to be derived. To explain this we shall treat: 1. of the measure of restitution to be assigned to each damager; - 2. of the order to be observed among those who must restore. But the order of those to whom restitution must be made will be described in the following chapter.

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