Maxims of Jurisprudence

§ 3509.
Intent and effect of maxims, CA CIVIL § 3509
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Civil Code (Refs & Annos)
Division 4. General Provisions (Refs & Annos)
Part 4. Maxims of Jurisprudence
West's Ann.Cal.Civ.Code § 3509
§ 3509. Intent and effect of maxims
Effective: January 1, 2014

Currentness
The maxims of jurisprudence hereinafter set forth are intended not to qualify any of the foregoing provisions of this code, but
to aid in their just application.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872. Amended by Stats.2013, c. 76 (A.B.383), § 20.)
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§ 3510. Reason for rule ceasing, CA CIVIL § 3510

§ 3510. Reason for rule ceasing
Currentness
When the reason of a rule ceases, so should the rule itself.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3511. Reason same, CA CIVIL § 3511

§ 3511. Reason same
Currentness
Where the reason is the same, the rule should be the same.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3512. Change of purpose, CA CIVIL § 3512

§ 3512. Change of purpose
Currentness
One must not change his purpose to the injury of another.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3513. Waiver of advantage; law established for public reason, CA CIVIL § 3513

§ 3513. Waiver of advantage; law established for public reason
Currentness
Any one may waive the advantage of a law intended solely for his benefit. But a law established for a public reason cannot
be contravened by a private agreement.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3514. Use of rights, CA CIVIL § 3514

§ 3514. Use of rights
Currentness
One must so use his own rights as not to infringe upon the rights of another.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3515. Consent; effect, CA CIVIL § 3515

§ 3515. Consent; effect
Currentness
He who consents to an act is not wronged by it.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3516. Acquiescence in error, CA CIVIL § 3516

§ 3516. Acquiescence in error
Currentness
Acquiescence in error takes away the right of objecting to it.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3517. Advantage of own wrong, CA CIVIL § 3517

§ 3517. Advantage of own wrong
Currentness
No one can take advantage of his own wrong.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3518. Fraudulent conveyances, CA CIVIL § 3518

§ 3518. Fraudulent conveyances
Currentness
He who has fraudulently dispossessed himself of a thing may be treated as if he still had possession.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3519. Presumptive agency, CA CIVIL § 3519

§ 3519. Presumptive agency
Currentness
He who can and does not forbid that which is done on his behalf, is deemed to have bidden it.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3520. Suffering from act of another, CA CIVIL § 3520

§ 3520. Suffering from act of another
Currentness
No one should suffer by the act of another.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3521. Benefit and burden, CA CIVIL § 3521

§ 3521. Benefit and burden
Currentness
He who takes the benefit must bear the burden.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3522. Essentials to use of thing granted, CA CIVIL § 3522

§ 3522. Essentials to use of thing granted
Currentness
One who grants a thing is presumed to grant also whatever is essential to its use.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3523. Remedy for wrong, CA CIVIL § 3523

§ 3523. Remedy for wrong
Currentness
For every wrong there is a remedy.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3524. Equally in right or in wrong, CA CIVIL § 3524

§ 3524. Equally in right or in wrong
Currentness
Between those who are equally in the right, or equally in the wrong, the law does not interpose.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3525. Preference of earliest right, CA CIVIL § 3525

§ 3525. Preference of earliest right
Currentness
Between rights otherwise equal, the earliest is preferred.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3526. Responsibility for unavoidable occurrences, CA CIVIL § 3526

§ 3526. Responsibility for unavoidable occurrences
Currentness
No man is responsible for that which no man can control.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3527. Vigilance and delay, CA CIVIL § 3527

§ 3527. Vigilance and delay
Currentness
The law helps the vigilant, before those who sleep on their rights.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3528. Form and substance, CA CIVIL § 3528

§ 3528. Form and substance
Currentness
The law respects form less than substance.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3529. Presumption of performance, CA CIVIL § 3529

§ 3529. Presumption of performance
Currentness
That which ought to have been done is to be regarded as done, in favor of him to whom, and against him from whom, performance
is due.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3530. Nonexistence, CA CIVIL § 3530

§ 3530. Nonexistence
Currentness
That which does not appear to exist is to be regarded as if it did not exist.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3531. Impossibilities, CA CIVIL § 3531

§ 3531. Impossibilities
Currentness
The law never requires impossibilities.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3532. Idle acts, CA CIVIL § 3532

§ 3532. Idle acts
Currentness
The law neither does nor requires idle acts.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3533. Trifles, CA CIVIL § 3533

§ 3533. Trifles
Currentness
The law disregards trifles.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3534. Particular and general expressions, CA CIVIL § 3534

§ 3534. Particular and general expressions
Currentness
Particular expressions qualify those which are general.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3535. Contemporaneous exposition, CA CIVIL § 3535

§ 3535. Contemporaneous exposition
Currentness
Contemporaneous exposition is in general the best.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3536. Greater contains the less, CA CIVIL § 3536

§ 3536. Greater contains the less
Currentness
The greater contains the less.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3537. Superfluity, CA CIVIL § 3537

§ 3537. Superfluity
Currentness
Superfluity does not vitiate.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3538. Certainty, CA CIVIL § 3538

§ 3538. Certainty
Currentness
That is certain which can be made certain.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3539. Time; void act, CA CIVIL § 3539

§ 3539. Time; void act
Currentness
Time does not confirm a void act.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3540. Incident follows principal, CA CIVIL § 3540

§ 3540. Incident follows principal
Currentness
The incident follows the principal, and not the principal the incident.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3541. Interpretation; preference, CA CIVIL § 3541

§ 3541. Interpretation; preference
Currentness
An interpretation which gives effect is preferred to one which makes void.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3542. Interpretation; reasonableness, CA CIVIL § 3542

§ 3542. Interpretation; reasonableness
Currentness
Interpretation must be reasonable.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3543. Which of two innocent persons must suffer, CA CIVIL § 3543

§ 3543. Which of two innocent persons must suffer
Currentness
Where one of two innocent persons must suffer by the act of a third, he, by whose negligence it happened, must be the sufferer.
Credits
(Enacted in 1872.)


§ 3545. Private transactions, CA CIVIL § 3545

§ 3545. Private transactions
Currentness
Private transactions are fair and regular.
Credits
(Added by Stats.1965, c. 299, p. 1357, § 11, operative Jan. 1, 1967.)


§ 3546. Ordinary course of nature, CA CIVIL § 3546

§ 3546. Ordinary course of nature
Currentness
Things happen according to the ordinary course of nature and the ordinary habits of life.
Credits


§ 3547. Existence of things, CA CIVIL § 3547

§ 3547. Existence of things
Currentness
A thing continues to exist as long as is usual with things of that nature.
Credits


§ 3548. Law obeyed, CA CIVIL § 3548

§ 3548. Law obeyed
Currentness
The law has been obeyed.
Credits


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§ 3509.

Intent and effect of maxims, CA CIVIL § 3509

West's Annotated California Codes

West's Ann.Cal.Civ.Code § 3509

§ 3509. Intent and effect of maxims

Effective: January 1, 2014

West's Ann. Cal. Civ. Code § 3509, CA CIVIL § 3509

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West's Annotated California Codes

West's Ann.Cal.Civ.Code § 3510

§ 3510. Reason for rule ceasing

When the reason of a rule ceases, so should the rule itself.

West's Ann. Cal. Civ. Code § 3510, CA CIVIL § 3510

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West's Ann.Cal.Civ.Code § 3511

§ 3511. Reason same

West's Ann. Cal. Civ. Code § 3511, CA CIVIL § 3511

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West's Ann.Cal.Civ.Code § 3512

§ 3512. Change of purpose

One must not change his purpose to the injury of another.

West's Ann. Cal. Civ. Code § 3512, CA CIVIL § 3512

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West's Ann.Cal.Civ.Code § 3513

§ 3513. Waiver of advantage; law established for public reason

West's Ann. Cal. Civ. Code § 3513, CA CIVIL § 3513

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West's Ann.Cal.Civ.Code § 3514

§ 3514. Use of rights

West's Ann. Cal. Civ. Code § 3514, CA CIVIL § 3514

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West's Ann.Cal.Civ.Code § 3515

§ 3515. Consent; effect

He who consents to an act is not wronged by it.

West's Ann. Cal. Civ. Code § 3515, CA CIVIL § 3515

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West's Ann.Cal.Civ.Code § 3516

§ 3516. Acquiescence in error

Acquiescence in error takes away the right of objecting to it.

West's Ann. Cal. Civ. Code § 3516, CA CIVIL § 3516

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West's Ann.Cal.Civ.Code § 3517

§ 3517. Advantage of own wrong

No one can take advantage of his own wrong.

West's Ann. Cal. Civ. Code § 3517, CA CIVIL § 3517

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West's Ann.Cal.Civ.Code § 3518

§ 3518. Fraudulent conveyances

West's Ann. Cal. Civ. Code § 3518, CA CIVIL § 3518

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West's Ann.Cal.Civ.Code § 3519

§ 3519. Presumptive agency

West's Ann. Cal. Civ. Code § 3519, CA CIVIL § 3519

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