XXXIII。Inasimpleway,thatisinonewayatatime,aman\'shappinessisliabletobedisturbedeither1。Byactionsreferringtohisownpersonitself;or2。Byactionsreferringtosuchexternalobjectsonwhichhishappinessismoreorlessdependent。
Astohisownperson,itiscomposedoftwodifferentparts,orreputedparts,hisbodyandhismind。Actswhichexertaperniciousinfluenceonhisperson,whetheritbeonthecorporealoronthementalpartofit,willoperatethereoneitherimmediately,andwithoutaffectinghiswill,ormediately,throughtheinterventionofthatfaculty:viz。bymeansoftheinfluencewhichtheycausehiswilltoexerciseoverhisbody。Ifwiththeinterventionofhiswill,itmustbebymentalcoercion:thatis,bycausinghimtowilltomaintain,andthenceactuallytomaintain,acertainconductwhichitisdisagreeable,orinanyotherwaypernicious,tohimtomaintain。Thisconductmayeitherbepositiveornegative:whenpositive,thecoercionisstyledcompulsionorconstraint:whennegative,restraint。Nowthewayinwhichthecoercionisdisagreeabletohim,maybebyproducingeitherpainofbody,oronlypainofmind。Ifpainofbodyisproducedbyit,theoffencewillcomeaswellunderthisasunderotherdenominations,whichweshallcometopresently。Moreover,theconductwhichaman,bymeansofthecoercion,isforcedtomaintain,willbedeterminedeitherspecificallyandoriginally,bythedeterminationoftheparticularactsthemselveswhichheisforcedtoperformortoabstainfrom,orgenerallyandincidentally,bymeansofhisbeingforcedtobeornottobeinsuchorsuchaplace。Butifheispreventedfrombeinginoneplace,heisconfinedtherebytoanother。Forthewholesurfaceoftheearth,likethesurfaceofanygreaterorlesserbody,maybeconceivedtobedividedintotwo,aswellasintoanyothernumberofpartsorspots。Ifthespotthen,whichheisconfinedto,besmallerthanthespotwhichheisexcludedfrom,hisconditionmaybecalledconfinement:iflarger,banishment。[*]
Whetheranact,theeffectofwhichistoexertaperniciousinfluenceonthepersonofhimwhosuffersbyitoperateswithorwithouttheinterventionofanactofhiswill,themischiefitproduceswilleitherbemortalornotmortal。Ifnotmortal,itwilleitherbereparable,thatistemporary,orirreparable,thatisperpetual。Ifreparable,themischievousactmaybetermedasimplecorporalinjury;ifirreparable,anirreparablecorporalinjury。Lastly,apainthatamanexperiencesinhismindwilleitherbeapainofactualsufferance,orapainofapprehension。Ifapainofapprehension,eithertheoffenderhimselfisrepresentedasintendingtobearapartintheproductionofit,orheisnot。Intheformercasetheoffencemaybestyledmenacement:inthelattercase,asalsowherethepainisapainofactualsufferance,asimplementalinjury。Andthuswehaveninegeneraorkindsofpersonalinjuries;which,whenrangedintheordermostcommodiousforexamination,willstandasfollows;viz。1。Simplecorporalinjuries。2。
Irreparablecorporalinjuries。3。Simpleinjuriousrestrainment。4。
Simpleinjuriouscompulsion。5。Wrongfulconfinement。6。