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De Bono Gestu

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

For good behavior.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

For or during good behavior.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

For good behavior; for good abearance.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. For good behaviour. DE C-^ETERO, DE CETERO. L. Lat. [L. Fr. desorm^,'^ Henceforth, henceforward; hereafter, m future. Quod voluntas donatoris de cetero observetur; that the will of the donor be henceforward observed. Stat, De Bonis, 13 Bdw, I. c. 1. De caetero non recedant querenies a curia domini regis, pro eo quod tenementum trans/ertur de una in alium; hereafter plaintiffs shall not go [i. e. as unsuccessful in their actions] from the king's court, because the tenement is transferred from one to another. Stat, Westm, 2, c. 24. Nullcs riparioi defendantur de cetero; no banks shall hereafter be enclosed. Magna Charta, c. 16. See Id, c. 28.