Maxime ita dicta quia maxima ejus dignitas et certissima auctoritas

Maxime ita dicta quia maxima ejus dignitas et certissima auctoritas, atquequod maxime omnibus probetur. A maxim is so called because its dignity ischiefest, and its authority most certain, and because universallyapproved by all. Co. Litt. 11.