# Manx Primary Source Archive — Transcription

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**Transcribed:** 2026-02-25 19:26  
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Res ſubditorum ſubeminenti
Dominio ſunt Civitatis, ita ut Civitas, vel qui
Civitatis vice fungitur iis rebus, uti eaſque
etiam alienare et perdere poſſent ob Publicam
Utilitatem, ſed addendum eſt ideum fit Civi-
tatem tenere iis, qui ſuum amittunt, damnum
ſarcire de Publico in quod Publicum Nomen,
et ipſe qui damnum contribuet; neque hoc
Onere levabitur Civitas, ſi nunc forte ei Præ-
ſtationi par non ſit, ſed quandocunque Co-
pia ſuppetit, exſeret ſeſe quaſi ſopita Obliga-
tione.

Puffendorff enforces the ſame Principle
with great Strength of Reaſoning, and many
Inſtances and Examples of Compenſation.

Hertius, a very learned Writer of the laſt
Century upon the Jus Publicum, in his Chap-
ter de Colliſione Legum, attacks the Opinion
of Hobbes and his Followers, who thought
that the Eſtates and Rights of private Perſons
might be taken away by the ſole Plenitude of
Power, and without any Cauſe aſſigned: Sta-
tuunt nihil proprii habere quenquam in Civi-
tate et Dominia Privatorum induere Rationem
Dominii Utilis, vel Uſus fructus nutu ſummi
Imperantis.

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