maxim of the law

It is a fundamental maxim of the law of agency.

That's the maxim of the law.

The general maxim of the law is that what is annexed to the land becomes part of the land.

The attitude of early English commentators towards the maxims of the law was one of unmingled adulation.

And the maxims of the law, as we have constantly received them, are to the same effect, that no freeman can be separated from his property but by his own act or fault.

In later times, less value has been attached to the maxims of the law, as the development of civilization and the increasing complexity of business relations have shown the necessity of qualifying the propositions which they enunciate.

His most important juridical works are: The Elements of the Common Laws of England, Maxims of the Law, Cases of Treason, The Learned Reading of Sir Francis Bacon upon the Statute of Uses.