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“And, if they shall not
pay it within the time agreed upon, it shall be lawful for the lenders to
pledge the goods or even to sell them for such price as they can get; and if
the proceeds fall short of the sum which the lenders should receive in
accordance with the agreement, it shall be lawful for the lenders, whether
severally or jointly, to collect the amount by proceeding against Artemo and
Apollodorus, and against all their property whether on land or sea,
wheresoever it may be, precisely as if judgement had been rendered against
them and they had defaulted in payment.”
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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