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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3518

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3518

A person who has fraudulently dispossessed themselves of a thing may be treated as if they still had possession.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3519

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3519

A person who can and does not forbid that which is done on their behalf, is deemed to have bidden it.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3520

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3520

No one should suffer by the act of another.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3521

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3521

A person who takes the benefit must bear the burden.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3522

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3522

One who grants a thing is presumed to grant also whatever is essential to its use.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3523

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3523

For every wrong there is a remedy.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3524

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3524

Between those who are equally in the right, or equally in the wrong, the law does not interpose.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3525

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3525

Between rights otherwise equal, the earliest is preferred.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3526

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3526

No person is responsible for that which no person can control.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3527

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3527

The law helps the vigilant, before those who sleep on their rights.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3528

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3528

The law respects form less than substance.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3529

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3529

That which ought to have been done is to be regarded as done, in favor of a person to whom, and against a person from whom, performance is due.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3530

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3530

That which does not appear to exist is to be regarded as if it did not exist.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3531

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3531

The law never requires impossibilities.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3532

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3532

The law neither does nor requires idle acts.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3533

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3533

The law disregards trifles.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3534

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3534

Particular expressions qualify those which are general.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3535

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3535

Contemporaneous exposition is in general the best.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3536

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3536

The greater contains the less.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3537

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3537

Superfluity does not vitiate.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3538

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3538

That is certain which can be made certain.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3539

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3539

Time does not confirm a void act.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3540

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3540

The incident follows the principal, and not the principal the incident.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3541

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3541

An interpretation which gives effect is preferred to one which makes void.

Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3542

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Civil Code - CIV - CIV § 3542

Interpretation must be reasonable.