good moral character
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914)
Definitions from Case Law
From 353 U.S. 232 - Schware v. Board of Bar Examiners of NM · 1957Most cited · 2,702 citing opinions
A State can require high standards of qualification, such as good moral character or proficiency in its law, before it admits an applicant to the bar, but any qualification must have a rational connection with the applicant's fitness or capacity to practice law.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
What constitutes good moral character may vary from one generation to another. It would seem that whatever is forbidden by the law of the land ought to be considered, for the time being, immoral. 22 Fed. Cas. 921.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The naturalization laws require that in order to be admitted to citizenship the applicant must, during his residence In the United States since, his declaration of intention, have “behaved as a man of good moral character”;