California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 4 — General Provisions, Part 4 — Maxims of Jurisprudence, Section 3536
The greater contains the less.
Notes
Establishes the interpretive maxim that the greater contains the less. The rule states a containment relationship between what is greater and what is less, treating the less as contained within the greater and expressing that relationship directly as the governing maxim.
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