Legal Term Dictionary

In English practice. A term formerly used in the English inns of court, but more particularly at Gray's Inn, signifying the private arguing of cases, as distinguished from mooting, which was a more formal and public mode of argument. Cowell; Tomlins; Holthouse.

In English practice. A term formerly used in the English inns of court, but more particularly at Gray's Inn, signifying the private arguing of cases, as distinguished from mooting, which was a more formal and public mode of argument. Cowell; Tomlins; Holthouse. Less...

Regulations passed for the presidency of Bombay, and the territories subordinate thereto. They were passed by the governors in council of Bombay until the year 1834, when the power of local legislation ceased, and the acts relating thereto were thenceforth passed by the governor general of India in council. Mozley More...

Regulations passed for the presidency of Bombay, and the territories subordinate thereto. They were passed by the governors in council of Bombay until the year 1834, when the power of local legislation ceased, and the acts relating thereto were thenceforth passed by the governor general of India in council. Mozley A Whitley. Less...

Fr. In old French law. A royal order or check on the treasury, invented by Francis I. Bon pour mille livrcs, good for a thousand livres. Step. Lect 387. In modern law. The name of a clause (bon pour_____________ , good for so much) added to a cedule or promise, More...

Fr. In old French law. A royal order or check on the treasury, invented by Francis I. Bon pour mille livrcs, good for a thousand livres. Step. Lect 387. In modern law. The name of a clause (bon pour_____________ , good for so much) added to a cedule or promise, where it is not in the handwriting of the signer, containing the amount of the sum which he obliges himself to pay. Poth. Obi. part 4, ch. 1, art 2, fi 1. Less...

Lat. n. Goods; property; possessions. In the Roman law, this term was used to designate all species of property, real, personal, and mixed, but was more strictly applied to real estate. In modern civil law, it includes both personal property (technically so called) and chattels real, thus corresponding to the More...

Lat. n. Goods; property; possessions. In the Roman law, this term was used to designate all species of property, real, personal, and mixed, but was more strictly applied to real estate. In modern civil law, it includes both personal property (technically so called) and chattels real, thus corresponding to the French biens. In the common law, Its use was confined to the description of movable goods. Tisdaie v. Harris, 20 Pick. (Mass.) 13; Penniman v. French, 17 Pick. (Mass.) 404, 28 Am. Dec. 800. --Bona confiscata. Goods confiscated or forfeited to the imperial fisc or treasury. 1 Bl. Comm. 299.-Bona et catalla. Goods and chattels. Movable property. This expression includes all personal things that belong to a man. 16 Mees. A W. 68.-Bona felonum. In English law. Goods of felons; the goods of one convicted of felony. 5 Coke, 110.-Bona forisfacta. Goods forfeited.-Bona fugitivo. In English law. Goods of fugitives; the proper goods of him who flies for felony. 5 Coke, 1096.-Bona mobilia. In the civil law. Movables. Those things which move themselves or can be transported from one place to another, and not permanently attached to a farm, heritage, or building.-Bona notabilia. In English probate law. Notable goods; property worthy of notice, or of sufficient value to be accounted for, that is, amounting to £5. Where a decedent leaves goods of sufficient amount (bona notabilia) in different dioceses, administration Is granted by the metropolitan to prevent the confusion arising from the appointment of many different administrators. 2 Bl. Comm. 509; Rol-le, Abr. 908. Moore v. Jordan, 36 Kan. 271, 13 Pac. 337, 69 Am. Rep. 550.-Bona paraphernalia. In the civil law. The separate property of a married woman other than that which is included in her dowry; more particularly, her clothing, jewels, and ornaments. Whi-ton v. Snyder, 88 N. Y. 303.-Bona peritura. Goods of a perishable nature; such goods as an executor or trustee must use diligence in disposing of and converting them into money.-Bona utlagatorum. Goods of outlaws; goods belonging to persons outlawed.-Bona vacantia. Vacant, unclaimed, or stray goods. Those things in which nobody claims a property, and which belong to the crown, by virtue of its prerogative. 1 Bl. Comm. 298.-Bona waviata. In English law. Waived goods; goods stolen .and waived, that is, thrown away by the thief in his flight, for fear of being apprehended, or to facilitate his escape; and which go to the sovereign. 5 Coke, 109&; 1 Bl. Comm.296. Less...

Lat adj. Good. Used in numerous legal phrases of which the following are the principal: -Bona fides. Good faith; integrity of dealing; honesty; sincerity; the opposite of mala fides and of dolus malus.-Bona gestura. Good abearance or behavior.-Bona gratia. In the Roman law. By mutual consent; voluntarily. A term applied More...

Lat adj. Good. Used in numerous legal phrases of which the following are the principal: -Bona fides. Good faith; integrity of dealing; honesty; sincerity; the opposite of mala fides and of dolus malus.-Bona gestura. Good abearance or behavior.-Bona gratia. In the Roman law. By mutual consent; voluntarily. A term applied to a species of divorce where the parties separated by mutual consent; or where the parties renounced their marital engagements without assigning any cause, or upon mere pretexts. Tayl. Civil Law, 361, 362 o Calvin.-Bona mentoria. Good memory. Generally used in the phrase Sana) mentis et bones memories, of sound mind and good memory, as descriptive of the mental capacity of a testator.-Bona patria. In the Scotch law. An assise or jury of good neighbors. Bell. Less...

In or with good faith; honestly, openly, and sincerely; without deceit or fraud. Truly; actually; without simulation or pretense. Innocently; in the attitude of trust and confidence; without notice of fraud, etc. The phrase "bona fide" is often used ambiguously ; thus, the expression "a bona fide holder for value" More...

In or with good faith; honestly, openly, and sincerely; without deceit or fraud. Truly; actually; without simulation or pretense. Innocently; in the attitude of trust and confidence; without notice of fraud, etc. The phrase "bona fide" is often used ambiguously ; thus, the expression "a bona fide holder for value" may either mean a holder for real value, as opposed to a holder for pretended value, or it may mean a holder for real value, without notice of any fraud, etc. Byles, Bills, 121. -Bona fide purchaser. A purchaser for a valuable consideration paid or parted with in the belief that the vendor had a right to sell, and without any suspicious circumstances to put him on inquiry. Merritt v. Railroad Co., 12 Barb. (N. Y.) 605. One who acts without covin, fraud, or collusion; one who, in the commission of or connivance at no fraud, pays full price for the property, and in good faith, honestly, and in fair dealing buys and goes into possession. Sanders v. McAffee, 42 Ga. 250. A bona fide purchaser is one who buys property of another Without notice that some third person has a right to, or interest in, such property, and pays a full and fair price for the same, at the time of such purchase, or before he has notice of the claim or interest of such other in jthe property. Spicer v. Waters, 65 Barb. (N. Y.) 231. Bona fide possessor facit fructus consumptos suos. By good faith a possessor makes the fruits consumed his own. Tray. Lat Max. 57. Bona fides exigit ut quod convenit fiat. Good faith demands that what is agreed upon shall be done. Dig. 19, 20, 21; Id. 19, 1, oX); Id. 50, 8, 2, 13. Bona fides non patitur ut his idem exiigatur. Good faith does not allow us to demand twice the payment of the same thing. Dig. 50, 17, 57; Broom, Max. 338, note; Perine v. Dunn, 4 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 143. Less...

In the civil law. Of good faith; in good faith. This is a more frequent form than bona fide. -Bonae fidei contracts. In civil and Scotch law. Those contracts in which equity may interpose to correct inequalities, and to adjust all matters according to the plain intention of the parties. More...

In the civil law. Of good faith; in good faith. This is a more frequent form than bona fide. -Bonae fidei contracts. In civil and Scotch law. Those contracts in which equity may interpose to correct inequalities, and to adjust all matters according to the plain intention of the parties. 1 Karnes, Eq. 200.-Bonae fidei emptor. A purchaser in good faith. One who either was ignorant that the thing he bought belonged to another or supposed that the seller had a right to sell it. Dig. 50, 16, 109. See Id. 6, 2, 7, 11.-Bonae fidei possessor. A possessor in good faith. One who believes that no other person has a better right to the possession than himself. Mackeld. Rom. Law, | 243. Bona fidei possessor in id tantum quod sese pervenerit tenetur. A possessor in good faith is only liable for that which he himself has obtained. 2 Inst 285. Less...

n. A contract by specialty to pay a certain sum of money; being a deed or instrument under seal, by which the maker or obligor promises, and thereto binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a designated sum of money to another; usually with a clause to the More...

n. A contract by specialty to pay a certain sum of money; being a deed or instrument under seal, by which the maker or obligor promises, and thereto binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a designated sum of money to another; usually with a clause to the effect that upon performance of a certain condition (as to pay another and smaller sum) the obligation shall be void. TJ. S. V. Rundle, 100 Fed. 403, 40 C. C. A. 450; Turck v. Mining Co., 8 Colo. 113, 5 Pac. 838; Boyd v. Boyd, 2 Nott & McC. (S. C.) 126. The word "bond" shall embrace every written undertaking for the payment of money or acknowledgment of being bound for money, conditioned to be void on the performance of any doty, or the occurrence of anything therein expressed, and subscribed and delivered by the party making it, to take effect as his obligation, whether it be sealed or unsealed; and, when a bond is required by law. an undertaking in writing without seal shall be sufficient. Rev. Code Miss. 1880, | 19. The word "bond" has with us a definite legal signification. It has a clause, with a sum fixed as a penalty, binding the parties to pay the same, conditioned, however, that the payment of the penalty may be avoided by the performance by some one or more of the parties of certain acts. In re Fitch, 8 Redf. Sur. (N. Y.) 459. Bonds are either single (simple) or double, (conditional.) A single bond is one in which the obligor binds himself, his heirs, etc., to pay a certain sum of money to another person at a specified day. A double (or conditional) bond is one to which a condition is added that if the obligor does or forbears from doing some act the obligation shall be void. Formerly such a condition was sometimes contained in a separate instrument, and was then called a "defeasance." The term is also used to denote debentures or certificates of indebtedness issued by public and private corporations, governments, and municipalities, as security for the repayment of money loaned to them. Thus, "railway aid bonds" are bonds issued by municipal corporations to aid in the construction of railroads likely to benefit them, and exchanged for the company's stock. In old Scotch law. A bond-man; a slave. Skene. -Bond and disposition in security. In Scotch law. A bond and mortgage on land.- Bond and mortgage. A species of security, consisting of a bond conditioned for the repayment of a loan of money, and a mortgage of realty to secure the performance of the stipulations of the bond. Meigs v. Bunting, 141 Pa. 233, 21 Atl. 588, 23 Am. St. Rep. 273.-Bond creditor. A creditor whose debt is secured by a bond.-Bond for title. An obligation accompanying an executory contract for the sale of land, binding the vendor to make good title upon the performance of the conditions which entitle the vendee to demand a conveyance. White v. Stokes, 67 Ark. 184, 53 S. W. 1060.- Bond tenants. In English law. Copyholders and customary tenants are sometimes so called. 2 Bl. Comm. 148.-Official bond. A bond given by a public officer, conditioned that he shall well and faithfully perform all the duties of the office. The term is sometimes made to include the bonds of executors, guardians, trustees, etc. -Simple bond. At common law, a bond without penalty; a bond for the payment of a definite sum of money to a named obligee on demand or on a day certain. Burnside v. Wand, 170 Mo. 631, 71 S. W. 337, 62 L. R. A. 427. -Single bond. A deed whereby the obligor obliges himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum of money to the obligee at a day named, without terms of defeasance. Less...

v. To give bond for, as for duties on goods; to secure payment of duties, by giving bond. Bonded, secured by bond. Bonded goods are those for the duties on which bonds are given.,

v. To give bond for, as for duties on goods; to secure payment of duties, by giving bond. Bonded, secured by bond. Bonded goods are those for the duties on which bonds are given., Less...

Slavery; involuntary personal servitude; captivity. In old English law, villenage, villein tenure. 2 Bl. Comm. 92.

Slavery; involuntary personal servitude; captivity. In old English law, villenage, villein tenure. 2 Bl. Comm. 92. Less...