Bona Fide definition:
Latin: good faith.
Also bona fides (with an "s").
A bona fide owner of a negotiable instrument, for example, would one who holds it without any knowledge of a defect in title.
Bona Fide Latin for "good faith," it signifies the "real thing" and the lack of deceit. In the case of a party claiming title as bona fide purchaser or holder, it indicates lack of knowledge of any defect in title.
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BONA FIDE - Lat. In good faith; without fraud or deceit.
The law requires all persons in their transactions to act with good faith and a contract where the parties have not acted bonafide is void at the pleasure of the innocent party.
Bona Fide Purchaser
(n) A Bona Fide Purchaser is the person who has purchased a property , article or goods in the normal course of business in good faith without the apparent knowledge of the fraud involved in that transaction.
Bona Fide
The Latin term "Bona fide" means, in a UK legal context: "sincere, in good faith".
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Bona Fide: Truthfully, honestly and without deceit.
Brief: A document presented to the court outlining one side's position.
Bona Fide:
In good faith; genuine; without fraud or deceit.
Bond:
A written instrument with sureties, guaranteeing faithful performance of acts or duties contemplated.
Bona fides. Good faith. See Fides.
Borough. A town, whether incorporated or not, that send burgesses to parliament. 1 Bl. Com. 114; 2 id. 82; 41 Mo. 175. In the United States, not exclusively used with any precise meaning.
bona fide: Sincere, real, without fraud or deceit. Comes from the Latin for "in good faith." ...
BONA FIDE: A Latin phrase meaning that one acts “in good faith' without intention to defraud or deceive.
BOND : A formal certificate or evidence of a debt; also defined as an interest-bearing certificate of a public or private debt.
bona fide
adj. Latin for "good faith," it signifies honesty, the "real thing" and, in the case of a party claiming title as bona fide purchaser or holder, ...
BONA FIDE. In or with good faith.
2. The law requires all persons in their transactions to act with good faith and a contract where the parties have not acted bonafide is void at the pleasure of the innocent party. 8 John. R. 446; 12 John. R.
Bona fide purchaser
Definition - Noun
: a purchaser who purchases in good faith without notice of any defect in title and for a valuable consideration ...
Bona fide purchaser
Torrens title Â- Strata title
Estoppel by deed Â- Quitclaim deed
Mortgage Â- Equitable conversion
Action to quiet title Â- Escheat ...
The opposite of bona fides, good faith. From mala for bad (where we get the words malefactor, malicious, etc.) and fides for faith (where we get the word fidelity).
Legitimate: Real; bona fide; reasonable.
Lemon law: A law enacted to protect purchasers of new and/or used automobiles when the vehicle requires frequent repairs and does not operate properly.
b.f.o.q. Short for the phrase "bona fide occupational qualification," in the employment discrimination context a B.F.O.Q. may absolve an employer from liability for discrimination when there is a legitimate ...
The five bases are: (1) use of a mark in commerce under §1(a) of the Act; (2) bona fide intention to use a mark in commerce under §1(b) of the Act; (3) a claim of priority, based on an earlier-filed foreign application under § ...
that the child was legitimated while in the legal custody of the legitimating parent; a child born out of wedlock, when a benefit is sought on the basis of its relationship with its mother, or to its father if the father has or had a bona fide ...
or place belonging to or occupied with the places named, but the act does not apply to such wages as are paid by the resident, owner or occupier of the public-house, beer-shop and other places included in the prohibition to any workman bona fide ...
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