California Civil Code, "Maxims of Jurisprudence" quotes
"#3528. The law respects form less than substance."
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"#3530. That which does not appear to exist is to be regarded as if it did not exist."
"#3532. The law neither does nor requires idle acts."
"#3533. The law disregards trifles."
"#3535. Contemporaneous exposition is in general the best."
"#3537. Superfluity does not vitiate."
"#3546. Things happen according to the ordinary course of nature and the ordinary habits of life."
"#3547. A thing continues to exist as long as is usual with things of that nature."