wrongous

(ˈrɒŋəs)

adj

1. (of a person) unfair, unjust

2. characterized by unfairness or injustice

3. not lawful, unjust

4. not fitting or suitable

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Crimes are of two sorts, either 1M, such as are an infringement of our natural rights, and affect either our person in killing, maiming, beating, or mutilating our body, or restraining our liberty, as by wrongous imprisonment, or by hurting our reputation and good name.

Adam Smith's historical jurisprudence and the "method of the civilians"

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