Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 76, Sec. 20. (AB 383) Effective January 1, 2014.
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.
Part 4 - MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE
California Civil Code — §§ 3509-3548
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When the reason of a rule ceases, so should the rule itself.
Where the reason is the same, the rule should be the same.
Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 812, Sec. 1. (AB 1899) Effective January 1, 2025.
One shall not change their purpose to the injury of another.
Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 812, Sec. 2. (AB 1899) Effective January 1, 2025.
Any one may waive the advantage of a law intended solely for their benefit. But a law established for a public reason cannot be contravened by a private agreement.
One must so use his own rights as not to infringe upon the rights of another.
Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 812, Sec. 3. (AB 1899) Effective January 1, 2025.
A person who consents to an act is not wronged by it.
Acquiescence in error takes away the right of objecting to it.
Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 812, Sec. 4. (AB 1899) Effective January 1, 2025.
No one can take advantage of their own wrong.
Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 812, Sec. 5. (AB 1899) Effective January 1, 2025.
A person who has fraudulently dispossessed themselves of a thing may be treated as if they still had possession.
Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 812, Sec. 6. (AB 1899) Effective January 1, 2025.
A person who can and does not forbid that which is done on their behalf, is deemed to have bidden it.
No one should suffer by the act of another.
Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 812, Sec. 7. (AB 1899) Effective January 1, 2025.
A person who takes the benefit must bear the burden.
One who grants a thing is presumed to grant also whatever is essential to its use.
For every wrong there is a remedy.
Between those who are equally in the right, or equally in the wrong, the law does not interpose.
Between rights otherwise equal, the earliest is preferred.
Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 812, Sec. 8. (AB 1899) Effective January 1, 2025.
No person is responsible for that which no person can control.
The law helps the vigilant, before those who sleep on their rights.
The law respects form less than substance.
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