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2019 Guam Statutes
Title 20 - Remedies
Part 4 - Maxims of Jurisprudence

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20 Guam Code §§ 15101 - 15136 (2019)
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20 GCA REMEDIES MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE PART 4 MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE § 15101. The maxims of jurisprudence hereinafter set forth are intended not to qualify any of the foregoing provisions of this Title, [nor Titles 18, 19 or 21 of this Code], but to aid in their just application. SOURCE: CC § 3509. NOTE: The Compiler added the matter in italics to indicate everything that was included in the original reference to "this Code" in the original Civil Code. § 15102. When the reason for a rule ceases, so should the rule itself. SOURCE: CC § 3510. § 15103. Where the reason is the same, the rule should be the same. SOURCE: CC § 3511. § 15104. One must not change his purpose to the injury of another. SOURCE: CC § 3512. § 15105. Anyone may waive the advantage of a law intended solely for his benefit. But a law established for a public reason cannot be contravened by a private agreement. SOURCE: CC § 3513. § 15106. One must so use his own rights as not to infringe upon the rights of another. SOURCE: CC § 3514. § 15107. He who consents to an act is not wronged by it. SOURCE: CC § 3515. § 15108. 1 COL120106 20 GCA REMEDIES MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE Acquiescence in error takes away the right of objecting to it. SOURCE: CC § 3516. § 15109. No one can take advantage of his own wrong. SOURCE: CC § 3517. § 15110. He who has fraudulently dispossessed him-self of a thing may be treated as if he still had possession. SOURCE: CC § 3518. § 15111. He who can and does not forbid that which is done on his behalf is deemed to have bidden it. SOURCE: CC § 3519. § 15112. No one should suffer by the act of another. SOURCE: CC § 3520. § 15113. He who takes the benefit must bear the burden. SOURCE: CC § 3521. § 15114. One who grants a thing is presumed to grant also whatever is essential to its use. SOURCE: CC § 3522. § 15115. For every wrong there is a remedy. SOURCE: CC § 3523. § 15116. Between those who are equally in the right, or equally in the wrong, the law does not interpose. SOURCE: CC § 3524. § 15117. 2 COL120106 20 GCA REMEDIES MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE Between rights otherwise equal, the earliest is preferred. SOURCE: CC § 3525. § 15118. No man is responsible for that which no man can control. SOURCE: CC § 3526. § 15119. The law helps the vigilant, before those who sleep on their rights. SOURCE: CC § 3527. § 15120. The law respects form less than substance. SOURCE: CC § 3528. § 15121. 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. § 15122. That which does not appear to exist is to be regarded as if it did not exist. SOURCE: CC § 3530. § 15123. The law never requires impossibilities. SOURCE: CC § 3531. § 15124. The law neither does nor requires idle acts. SOURCE: CC § 3532. § 15125. The law disregards trifles. SOURCE: CC § 3533. § 15126. Particular expressions qualify those which are general. 3 COL120106 20 GCA REMEDIES MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE SOURCE: CC § 3534. § 15127. Contemporaneous exposition is in general the best. SOURCE: CC § 3535. § 15128. The greater contains the less. SOURCE: CC § 3536. § 15129. Superfluity does not vitiate. SOURCE: CC § 3537. § 15130. That is certain which can be made certain. SOURCE: CC § 3538. § 15131. Time does not confirm a void act. SOURCE: CC § 3539. § 15132. The incident follows the principal, and not the principal the incident. SOURCE: CC § 3540. § 15133. An interpretation which gives effect is preferred to one which makes void. SOURCE: CC § 3541. § 15134. Interpretation must be reasonable. SOURCE: CC § 3542. § 15135. When one of two innocent persons must suffer by the act of a third, 4 COL120106 20 GCA REMEDIES MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE he, by whose negligence it happened, must be the sufferer. SOURCE: CC § 3543. § 15136. Every Child is Entitled to an Adequate Public Education. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 28-045:24. ---------- 5 COL120106
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