California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 4 — General Provisions, Part 4 — Maxims of Jurisprudence, Section 3527
The law helps the vigilant, before those who sleep on their rights.
Notes
Establishes the maxim that the law helps people who are vigilant before those who sleep on their rights. The principle gives legal help first to those who remain vigilant in asserting their rights, using vigilance and sleeping on rights as the conditions the maxim contrasts.
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