Penal Code · s 23

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s 23

(1)

"Wrongful gain" is gain by unlawful means of property to which the person gaining is not legally entitled: and "wrongful loss" is the loss by unlawful means of property to which the person losing it is legally entitled.

(2)

A person is said to gain wrongfully when such person retains wrongfully as well as when such person acquires wrongfully.

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(3)

A person is said to lose wrongfully when such person is wrongfully kept out of any property. as well as when such person is wrongfully deprived of property.

"Dishonestly"