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Uberrima fides

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The utmost good faith.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat The most abundant good faith; absolute and perfect candor or openness and honesty; the absence of any concealment or deception, however slight.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I The most abundant or abounding good faith. A phrase of the Roman law, used in the modern books.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

/. The most perfect good faith; required between partners.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

The most abundant good faith. This phrase expresses the entire sincerity and good faith in which parties should act in negotiating contracts; and which is deemed peculiarly necessary, and is explicitly required, in particular classes of contracts, especially that of marine insurance.