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All of man's laws, except for many maxims of law, are commercial in nature.

The following are the definitions of "maxims," and then the relevant maxims of law will be listed.

Maxim (Bouvier's Law Dictionary, 1856): An established principle or proposition. A principle of law universally admitted,
practiced and so universally acknowledged as to become a maxim, it is obligatory as part of the law.

Maxim of Law (Black's Law Dictionary, 3rd Edition, (1933), page 1171): An established principle of proposition. A principle of law universally admitted as being a correct statement of the law, or as agreeable to reason. Coke defines a maxim to be "a conclusion of reason" Coke on Littleton, 11a. He says in another place, "A maxim is a proposition to be of all men confessed and granted without proof, argument, or discourse." Coke on Littleton. 67a.


Maxim (Black's Law Dictionary, 4th Edition): Maxims are but attempted general statements of rules of law and are law only to the extent of application in adjudicated cases."

These maxims are taken directly from man's law dictionaries and court cases. The following books were referenced for this article:


Bouvier's Law Dictionary, by John Bouvier, (1856)
Legal Maxims, by Broom and Bouvier, (1856)
A Dictionary of Law, by William C. Anderson, (1893)
Black's Law Dictionary, by Henry Campell Black, (3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Editions, 1933-1990)
Maxims of Law, by Charles A. Weisman, (1990)

*Comments in [brackets] are added and not part of the maxim itself*

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