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Meaning of Communis error facit jus
A common error makes law. What was at first illegal, being repeated many times, is presumed to have acquired the force of usage; and then it would be wrong to depart from it. Hilliard, Real Prop. 268; 1 Ld. Raym. 42; 6 Clark & F. 172; 3 Maule & S. 396; 4 N. H. 458; 2 Mass. 357. The converse of this maxim is communis error nan facit jus, a common error does not make law. Coke, 4th Inst. 242; 3 Term R. 725; 6 Term R. 564.
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