California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 4 — General Provisions, Part 4 — Maxims of Jurisprudence, Section 3532
The law neither does nor requires idle acts.
Notes
Establishes that the law neither does nor requires idle acts. The provision states both parts of the rule: the law does not do idle acts, and the law does not require idle acts to be done under the stated rule.
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