Bona
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
bonas, bonum, I. Good. Bona flde: in good faith; honestly, without fraud; really, without pretense; innocently, without knowledge or notice. Bona fides: good faith; honesty; sincerity; — exigit nt qnod conyenit flat: good faith demands that what is agreed upon shall be done; — non patitnr nt bis idem exigatur: good faith does not suflfer the same thing to be demanded twice. BonaB contracts: contracts in which equity may interpose to correct inequalities and give effect to the intention of the parties. Bonae memoriae: of good memory.
In old English law. Bona gestura: good abearing, or good behavior. V. Abearing.
In the civil law. Bona fides: good faith; honesty; — exigit, etc., — non, etc.: v. supra. Bonae fldei: of good faith; in good faith; — action: an action of good faith, v. Actio bourn fidei; — emptor: a purchaser in good faith; a purchaser who was ignorant that the thing bought belonged to one other than the seller, or supposed that the seller had a right to sell; — possessor: a possessor in good faith; one who bejieves no one has a better right to possession than himself; — possessor in id tantnm quod ad se perrenerit tenetur: a possessor in good faith is bound only for that which has come to him.
In the Roman law. Bona gratia: by mutual consent; voluntarily; a species of divorce where the parties separated by mutual consent; or where they renounced their marital engagements without assigning any cause, or upon mere pretexts; — matrimouium dissolvitur: mutual agreement dissolves the marriage.
In Scots law. Bona patria: the good country; good men of the country; good neighbors, v. Boni homines; Patria.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
bonus, bonum, I. Good. Bona Bona fides non patitur ut bis idem does not suffer the same thing to be twice fidei emptor: a purchaser in good faith. sor in id tantum quod ad se pervenerit holding property in good faith is liable [to for those [profits] which have actually come