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In this Edition, the very numerous cases illustrative of Legal Maxims reported since the last issue of the Work have been in- serted ; the text has been carefully revised ; and it is hoped that this Book of Principles may, in its amended form, prove useful to the Practitioner and the Student. Read More …
Maxim (Bouvier’s Law Dictionary, 1856): An established principle or proposition. A principle of law universally admitted, as being just and consonant with reason. 2. Maxims in law are somewhat like axioms in geometry. 1 Bl. Com. 68. They are principles and authorities, and part of the general customs or common law of the land; Read More …