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may take that fact into consideration in determining the amount of damages.

723.

Against a person who has injured the reputation of another, the court may on the latter’s application order, instead of or together with damages, proper measures to be taken for the rehabilitation of the other’s reputation.

724.

The right to claim compensation for damage from a wrongful act is extinguished by prescription, if it is not exercised for three years from the time when the injured person or his legal representative had knowledge of the damage and the person who caused it. The same applies when twenty years have elapsed since the time when the wrongful act was committed.

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