Bona

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. Tisdale v. Harris, 20 Pick, (Mass.) 13; Penniman v. French, 17 Pick. (Mass.) 404, 28 Am. Dee, 309.

— Bona confiscata. Goods confiscated or forfeited to the imperial fisc or treasury. 1 Bl. Comm. 299.

— Bona et catalla. Goods and cbattels. Movable property. This expression includes all personal things tbat belong to a man. 16 Mees. & W. 68.

— Bona felonum. In English law. Goods of felons ; the goods of one convicted of felony. 5 Coke, 110.

— Bona for-isfacta. Goods forfeited.

— Bona fugitivorum. 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; Rolls, Abr. 908. Moore v. Jordan, 36 Kan. 271, 13 Pac. 337, 59 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 ntlagatorum. 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, 109b; 1 Bl. Comm. 296.

Lat. adj. Good. Used in numerous legal phrases of which the following are the principal:
—Bona fides. Good fnith; integrity of dealing; honesty; sincerity; the opposite of mala fides and of dolus malus.
—'Bonn 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 parlies renounced their marital engagements without assigning any cause, or upon mere pretexts. Tayl. Civil Law, 361, 362: Calvin.
—Bona memoria. Good memory. Generally used in the phrase sanos mentis et bonce memories, of sound mind and good memory, as descriptive of the mental capacity of a testator.
—Bona patria. In the Scotch law. An assize or jury of good neighbors. Bell.

Lat. Goods; personal chattels; movable property. Bona et catalla: goods and chattels; — merchandisae: goods and merchandises. Bona felonum: goods of felons; goods of a person convicted of felony. Bona forisfacta: forfeited goods. Bona fugitivorum: goods of fugitives; the goods of one who flees for felony. Bona notabilia: notable goods; goods worthy of notice; goods of a decedent of the value of at least five pounds in more than one diocese, a basis for administration taken out before the metropolitan of the province, to prevent the appointment of several administrators by different ordinaries. Bona peritura: perishable goods. Bona utlagatorum: goods of outlaws. Bona vacantia: goods wanting an owner. Bona waviata: waived goods; goods stolen and thrown away by the thief in his flight, which go to the sovereign. See De bonis, etc. Bona confiscata: confiscated goods; goods forfeited for offenses, so called because they belonged to the fiscus, or imperial treasury. Bona immobilia: immovable property, like lands, houses, etc. Bona mobilia: movable goods; personal chattels. Bona vacantia: goods wanting an owner.

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Lat. fplur. of b(mum^ not used; Fr. Wctw.] Goods; personal chattels; moveable property. A term still used in modem law, as in the phrase nulla bona, (q. v.) and others. Like biens, it is said to be a more comprehensive term than goods, as it comprehends chattels real, as well as personal. Co. Litt. 118 b. Bona et catalla; goods and chattels. This expression includes all personal things that belong to a man. Pollock, C. B., 16 Mees. dc W. 68. In the civil law, bona includes all sorts of property, moveable and immoveable. Story*s Canfl. Laws, § 375. Dig. 50. 16. 49. 208. The Roman jurists derived bona from beare, beatum facere, to make happy, to benefit. Id. 50. 16. 49. Bona confiscata. Lat.

In the civil law. Confiscated goods. Goods forfeited for offences were so called, because they belonged to the fiscus, or imperial treasury. 1 Bl. Com. 299. See Fiscus. Bona felonum. Lat.

In English law. Goods of felons; the goods of one convicted of felony. 5 Co. 110. Bona fugitivorum. Lat.

In English law. Goods of fugitives; the proper goods of him who flies for felony. 5 Cb. 109 b. Bona mobilia. Lat.

In the civil law. Moveable goods or personal chattels, as distinguished from bona immobilia. Bona notabilia. L. Lat.

In English ecclesiastical law. Notable goods; goods worthy of notice, or of sufficient value to be taken into account.* Goods of a party deceased, amounting in value, at least to five Sounds. — If all the goods of the deceased e, at the time of his death, within the same diocese or jurisdiction, a probate before the ordinary, or an administration granted by him are the only pi*oper ones. But if the deceased had bona notabilia, or chattels to the value of a hundred shillings in two distinct dioceses or jurisdictions, then the will must be proved or administration taken out before the metropolitan of the province, by way of special prerogative. 2 Bl. Com. 509. Shep. Touch. 499, 500, and note. 2 Steph. Com. 23Y, 238. 1 Chitt. Gen. Pr. 523. Bona PERiTURA. Lat. Perishable goods. Bona vacantia. Lat. [vacantia, from vacare, to be empty, to want.] In the civil and common law. Goods wanting an owner; goods without an owner, or in which no one claimfi a property. Inst. 2, 6. 4. These, by the general rule of the common law belong to the first finder, with the exception of royal fish, shipwrecks, treasure trove, waifs and estrays, which in England are the property of the sovereign. 1 £l Com, 298. 2 Stepk, Com. 563, 654. Bona waviata. L. Lat.

In English law. Waived goods; goods stolen, and vfoived, 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 Co. 109 b. 1 Bl. Com. 296. See Waviare.