Manual recounts resumed in Florida's Broward and Palm Beach counties following the Thanksgiving holiday. Mr Gore had a net gain of 245 votes by early yesterday. Bush lawyers filed rebuttals of Mr Gore's arguments to the US supreme court over whether the court should stop the Florida recounts.
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 âconclusion of reason,â and says that it is so called âquia maxima ejus dignitas et certissima auctorir tas, et quod maxime omnibus probetur.â Co. Litt. llo.
pragâ¢maâ¢tism. 1. character or conduct that emphasizes practical results or concerns rather than theory or principle. 2. a philosophical movement or system having various forms, but generally stressing practical consequences as constituting the essential criterion in determining meaning, truth, or value.