what is a maxim ?
What is MAXIM? An established principle or proposition. A principle of law universally admitted, as being a correct statement of the law, or as agreeable to natural reason. Coke defines a maxim to be âconclusion of reason,â and says that it is so called âquia maxima ejus dignitas et certissima auctorir tas, et quod maxime omnibus probetur.â Co. Litt. llo.