1 Betuhung (relation) is derived from ''sick bezithtn" (to draw, refer or
relate to) and means, to perceive oneself in a certain relation to an object —
that is to say, the bearing or position to the object made use of. The same
thing is indicated by the word Verhdltnis (connection), to show the means
or method by which a person or thing is related to another, — by application,
enjoyment, use, service, etc. Compare Weigand, Wdrterbuch, snb voci
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probably, will or may be satisfied, in whole or in part.
Thus the feeling of want, called hunger, is a vital interest
of a person in the food within his reach; and the sensa-
tion of cold evokes a vital interest in the cloak before
him.
It is self-evident that the hungry person can enjoy
his food without the existence of legal order, and the
cloak will give its warmth even though no legal rules
grant its use. Interests may exist even without law,
and, moreover, many such interests are beyond the
compass of legal protection. The interest that man has
in the coming and going of the years, in the weather, the
friendly esteem and thought of his neighbors, in the
beauty of the sunrise, and the stellar firmament, — all
such interests are beyond the protection of the legis-
lator, as much as they are beyond his creation. They
are created by the conditions of life, and the living
satisfy these interests in so far as necessities are actually
gratified. % Legal order, however, provides by prohibi-
tions that the actual satisfaction of these interests shall
not be interfered with by others.
