Bona Defuncti
Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1891)
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In practice. In default of the representatives and creditors to administer to the estate of an intestate, the officer entitled to grant letters of administration may grant, to such persons as he apceased, which neither make him executor nor administrator; his only business being to cullect the goods and keep them in his safe castody. 2 Bl. Comm. 505.