Quote by California Civil Code

• #3530. That which does not appear to exist is to be regarded as if it did not exist.

• #3533. The law disregards trifles.

• #3529. That which ought to have been done is to be regarded as done.

• #3528. The law respects form less than substance.

• #3535. Contemporaneous exposition is in general the best.

• #3532. The law neither does nor requires idle acts.