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Maxims of Law
There are ten essential maxims or precepts in commercial law.
1. WORKMAN IS WORTHY OF HIS HIRE. The first of these is expressed in
Exodus 20:15; Lev. 19:13; Mat. 10:10; Luke 10"7; I1 Tim. 2:6. Legal maxim: "It is
against equity for freemen not to have the free disposal of their own property."
2. The second maxim is "Equality before the law" or more precisely, ALL ARE
EQUAL UNDER THE LAW. (God's Law - Moral and Natural Law). Exodus
21:23-25; Lev. 24: 17-21; Deut. 1;17, 19:21; Mat. 22:36-40; Luke 10:17; Col.
3:25. "No one is above the law". This is founded on both Natural and Moral law
and is binding on everyone. For someone to say, or acts as though, he is "above
the law" is insane. This is the major insanity in the world today. Man continues to
live, act, believe, and form systems, organizations, governments, laws and
processes which presume to be able to supercede or abrogate Natural or Moral
Law. But, under commercial law, Natural and Moral Law are binding on
everyone, and no one can escape it. Commerce, by the law of nations, ought to
be common, and not to be converted into a monopoly and the private gain of the
few.
3. This one is one of the most comforting maxims one could have, and your
foundation for your peace-of-mind and your security and your capacity to win and
triumph -- to get your remedy - in this business. IN COMMERCE TRUTH IS
SOVEREIGN, (Exodus 20:16; Ps. 117:2; John 8:32; I1 Cor. 13:8 ). Truth is
sovereign - and the Sovereign tells only the truth. Your word is your bond. If truth
were not sovereign in commerce, i.e., all human action and inter-relations, there
would be no basis for anything. No basis for law and order, no basis no
accountability, there would be no standards, no capacity to resolve anything. It
would mean "anything goes", "each man for himself", and "nothing matters'
That's worse than the law of the jungle. Commerce. "To lie is to go against the
mind". Oriental proverb: "Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme.'
4. TRUTH IS EXPRESSED IN THE FORM OF AN AFFIDAVIT. (Lev. 5:4-5; Lev.
6:3-5; Lev. 19:11-13: Num. 30:2; Mat. 5:33; James 5: 12). An affidavit is your
solemn expression of your truth. In commerce, an affidavit must be accompanied
and must underlay and form the foundation for any commercial transaction
whatsoever. There can be no valid commercial transaction without someone
putting their neck on the line and stated, "this is true, correct, complete and not
meant to mislead." When you issue an affidavit, it is a two edged sword; it cuts
both ways. Someone has to take responsibility for saying that it is a real situation.
It can be called a true bill, as they say in the Grand Jury. When you issue an
affidavit in commerce you get the power of an affidavit. You also incur the liability
because this has to be a situation where other people might be adversely
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