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→‎The Ten Commandments in US law: Copyedit commanments 9 & 10.
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8. The commandment against stealing is enforced by U.S. law.
 
8. The commandment against stealing is enforced by U.S. law.
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9. As with 6, when used during litigation, or otherwise spoken under oath (see [[perjury]]). This law is required for any functioning legal system. For someone to bear false witness against a neighbor in a less formal setting (e.g. lying to a third party about a neighbor in the course of private conversation) could, in some circumstances, be a [[tort]], but rarely a crime.
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9. When used during litigation, or otherwise spoken under oath (see [[perjury]]), the commandment against bearing false witness is enforced by U.S. law. For someone to bear false witness against a neighbor in a less formal setting (e.g. lying to a third party about a neighbor in the course of private conversation) could, in some circumstances, be a [[tort]], but rarely a crime.
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10. As a prohibition on a form of thought, this cannot possibly be enforced by legal means.
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10. As a prohibition on a form of thought, the commandment against coveting what belongs to another cannot be enforced by legal means.
    
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==The movie==
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