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Fetha Negest — Judgment of the Kings — CHAPTER 49 — THEFT AND UNLAWFUL TAKING

Work ID: 6a9dd03c8912631918278ce0 · Chapter ID: 6a9dd03c5a99abc9d4615c16 · Canonical title: Fetha Negest — Judgment of the Kings

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Theft is the intentional taking or conversion of another's property without right.

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Restitution is primary: the thing shall be returned if possible, or its value restored, with additional liability where the received law requires multiplication.

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Robbery adds force or threat to unlawful taking and is therefore more serious than secret theft.

Passage ID 6a9dd0498d9b086a4f59ffc3 · English · translation

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Embezzlement is theft through breach of entrusted custody.

Passage ID 6a9dd0498d9b086a4f59ffc4 · English · translation

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Theft from the qodesh assembly is not merely sacrilege; where another owns or is beneficiary of the property, civil restitution also follows.

Passage ID 6a9dd0498d9b086a4f59ffc5 · English · translation

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Necessity may affect punishment but does not automatically transfer ownership.

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A finder who conceals lost property after learning the owner may become a converter rather than an innocent finder.

Passage ID 6a9dd0498d9b086a4f59ffc7 · English · translation

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