Contractus Bonae Fidei
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Roman law, those contracts (e. g., emptio venditio) which admitted of equitable defenses and other equitable consideration. They were opposed to contracts stricti juris (e. g., stipulatio), which admitted no such equitable defenses or considerations, at least until their original character was compelled by statute to admit them. All the praetorian contracts were contractus bonae fidei, but some of the civiles contractus were also bonae fidei.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A Roman law contract subject to an equitable defense.