Title 20, Remedies

One must so use his own rights as not to infringe upon the rights of another. SOURCE: CC § 3514.

He who consents to an act is not wronged by it. SOURCE: CC § 3515.

COL120106 MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE Acquiescence in error takes away the right of objecting to it. SOURCE: CC § 3516.

No one can take advantage of his own wrong. SOURCE: CC § 3517.

He who has fraudulently dispossessed him-self of a thing may be treated as if he still had possession. SOURCE: CC § 3518.

He who can and does not forbid that which is done on his behalf is deemed to have bidden it. SOURCE: CC § 3519.

No one should suffer by the act of another. SOURCE: CC § 3520.

He who takes the benefit must bear the burden. SOURCE: CC § 3521.

One who grants a thing is presumed to grant also whatever is essential to its use. SOURCE: CC § 3522.

For every wrong there is a remedy. SOURCE: CC § 3523.

Between those who are equally in the right, or equally in the wrong, the law does not interpose. SOURCE: CC § 3524.

COL120106 MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE Between rights otherwise equal, the earliest is preferred. SOURCE: CC § 3525.

No man is responsible for that which no man can control. SOURCE: CC § 3526.

The law helps the vigilant, before those who sleep on their rights. SOURCE: CC § 3527.

The law respects form less than substance. SOURCE: CC § 3528.

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. SOURCE: CC § 3529.

That which does not appear to exist is to be regarded as if it did not exist. SOURCE: CC § 3530.

The law never requires impossibilities. SOURCE: CC § 3531.

The law neither does nor requires idle acts. SOURCE: CC § 3532.

The law disregards trifles. SOURCE: CC § 3533.

Particular expressions qualify those which are general. COL120106 MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE SOURCE: CC § 3534.

Contemporaneous exposition is in general the best. SOURCE: CC § 3535.

The greater contains the less. SOURCE: CC § 3536.

Superfluity does not vitiate. SOURCE: CC § 3537.

That is certain which can be made certain. SOURCE: CC § 3538.

Time does not confirm a void act. SOURCE: CC § 3539.

The incident follows the principal, and not the principal the incident. SOURCE: CC § 3540.

An interpretation which gives effect is preferred to one which makes void. SOURCE: CC § 3541.

Interpretation must be reasonable. SOURCE: CC § 3542.

When one of two innocent persons must suffer by the act of a third, COL120106 MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE he, by whose negligence it happened, must be the sufferer. SOURCE: CC § 3543.

Every Child is Entitled to an Adequate Public Education. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 28-045:24. ---------- COL120106