A few victims of corruption gave personal accounts of bureaucrats who cheat the system to deprive people of property, money and rights.

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Less than one percent, less than one percent of the real and personal property, in both South and North by the 1850s, was held by approximately fifty percent of free adult males.

不到百分之一,不到百分之一的不动产和动产,在十九世纪五十年代的南方和北方一样,由大约百分之五十的自由成年男性持有

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Crimes in the one realm cannot be compensated by punishment in the other realm. A crime in the realm of life/personal injury has to be compensated in the same realm. In the same way property crimes are not punished by death.

一个领域内的犯罪行为不能通过另一个领域的,惩罚来补偿，造成人身伤害的罪行必须在,同一领域内偿还，同样地，财产犯罪,不能被处以死刑。

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It might include risks, as well, of personal liability if someone injures themselves on your property or risks of storms, of hurricanes, earthquakes, everything else; so we call it homeowners' insurance.

其中可能包括他人,在你家里受伤而引起的个人责任风险,或者住宅遭遇暴风雨,飓风,地震,或其他灾害的风险,所以我们称其为住宅保险

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