Fides
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
I. Faith; fidelity; allegiance; trust; confidence; honesty, sincerity, or uprightness of dealing; belief; veracity; credibility; faith; honor; pledged or plighted word or troth. Fides data: faith given; troth plighted. Fides servanda est; simplicitas juris gentinm praevaleat: faith must be kept; the simplicity of the law of nations must prevail.