Bona Fides
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Good faith, honesty, as distinguished from mala fides, bad faith. Bona fide, in good faith. BONA FIDES EXIGIT UT QUOD CONvenit flat. Good faith demands that what is agreed upon shall be done.. Dig. 19. 20. 21; Id. 19. 1. 50; Id. 50. 8. 2. 13.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Good faith, honesty, as distinguished from mala fides (bad faith). Bona fide. In good faith.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Good faith; Integrity of dealing; honesty; sincerity; the opposite of mula fides and of dolus mals. 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, 50; Id. 50, 8, 2, 13. Bona fides non patitnr ut bis idem exigatur. Good faith does not allow us to demand twice the payment of the same thing, Dig. 50, 17, 57; Broom, Max. 338, note; 4 Johns. Ch. 143,
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat.
In the civil and common law. Good faith, honesty, sincerity. See Bona fide. Bona fides non patitur ut bis idem exigatur. Good faith does not suffer the same thing to be demanded twice. Dig. 50. 17. 57.