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Good behavior

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

Orderly and lawful conduct; behavior such as is proper for a peaceable and law-abiding citizen. Surety of good behavior may be exacted from any one who manifests an intention to commit crime or is otherwise reasonably suspected of a criminal design.

Huyser v. Com., 76 S. W. 175. 25 Ky. Law Rep. 608; In re Spenser, 22 Fed. Cas. 921.