A Treatise of Human Nature

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BOOK III PART II


both of you, it is common prop-
erty, inasmuch as the individual
items, i.e., the single grains, which
were the peculiar property of ei-
ther of you, were combined with
your joint consent. If, however,
the mixture was accidental, or if
Titius mixed it without your con-
sent, it does not appear that it
is common property, Inasmuch as
the several components retain their
original identity. Rather, in cir-
cumstances of this sort the grain
does not become common prop-
erty, any more than a herd of cattle
is regarded as common property, If
Titius beasts should have become
mixed up with yours. However, if
all of the aforesaid corn is kept by
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