9171. 'If it has been torn to pieces' means if harm is done for which the person is not blameworthy. This is clear from the meaning of 'what has been torn' as harm done by falsities arising from evil for which a person is not blameworthy, dealt with in 4171, 5828.
Studere hoc loco
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