Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Bis idem exigi bona fides non patitur, et in satisfactionibus non permittitur amplius fieri quam semel factum est
Good faith does not allow the same thing to be exacted twice; and in satisfying claims, it is not permitted that more should be done after satisfaction has once been rendered.
Bona
n. [Latin "goods"] Chattels; personal property. Cf. BIENS (2).
Bona fide possessor facit fructus consumptos suos
A possessor in good faith is entitled to the fruits (or produce) that he consumes.
Bona fides exigit ut quod convenit fiat
Good faith demands that what is agreed upon shall be done.
Bona fides non patitur ut bis idem exigatur
Good faith does not allow payment to be exacted twice for the same thing.
Bonae fzdei possessor in id tantum quod ad se pervenerit tenetur
A possessor in good faith is liable only for that which he himself has obtained (literally, what has come to him). 2 Co. Inst. 285.
Bonae idei non congruit de apicibus juris disputare
It is incompatible with good faith to insist on the extreme subtleties of the law.
Ex malis moribus bonae leges natae sunt.
Good laws are born from evil morals.
In facto quod se habet ad bonum et malum magis de bona quam de malo lex intendit.
In an act (or deed) that may be considered good or bad, the law looks more to the good than to the bad.
Semper in dubiis id agendum est, ut quam tutissimo loco res sit bona fide contracts, nisi quum aperte contra leges scriptum est
Always in doubtful cases that is to be done by which a bona fide contract may be in the safest condition, except when it has been drawn up clearly contrary to law.
Tantum bona valent, quantum vendi possunt
Things are worth as much as they can be sold for.
actio bonae fidei
One of a class of actions in which a judge could take equitable considerations into account in rendering a decision.
ad colligendum bona defuncti
[Law Latin "for collecting the goods of the deceased"] Special letters of administration authorizing a person to collect and preserve a decedent's property.
adventitia bona
[latin] 1. roman law. goods acquired by free persons in some way other than through their paterfamilias, or by slaves in a way other than through their owner. 2. civil law. goods acquired fortuitously, but not by inheritance.
bona activa
[Latin "active goods"] Assets. See ASSET (1). bona con fiscata. See BONA.
bona con fascata
Goods confiscated by - or forfeited to - the Crown.
bona et catalla
[Law Latin] Goods and chattels. bona felonum. See BONA.
bona felonum
Personal property belonging to a convicted felon.
bona fide
adj. [Latin "in good faith"] 1. Made in good faith; without fraud or deceit. 2. Sincere; genuine. See GOOD FAITH. - bona fide, adv.
bona fide contract
A contract in which equity may intervene to correct inequalities and to adjust matters according to the parties' intentions.
bona fide contract.
See CONTRACT
bona fide emptor
[Latin] Good-faith purchaser. See good-faith purchaser under PURCHASER.
bona fide holder for value.
See HOLDER FOR VALUE.
bona fide judgment creditor
One who recovers a judgment without engaging in fraud or collusion.
bona fide judgment creditor.
See JUDGMENT CREDITOR.
bona fide occupational qualification.
An employment qualification that, although it may discriminate against a protected class (such as sex, religion, or national origin), relates to an essential job duty and is considered reasonably necessary to the operation of the particular business. 0 Such a qualification is not illegal under federal employment-discrimination laws. - Abbr. BFOQ. "The bona fide occupational qualification is a complete defense. It is invoked when the defendant makes a distinction expressly forbidden by Title VII, such as the refusal to hire women or women with preschool-age children, the reassignment of pregnant employees, or the exclusion of particular ethnic groups from particular jobs .... The employer's motivation for excluding the protected class is not significant in evaluating the BFOQ defense. The inquiry focuses on the necessity of using an expressly forbidden classification. The fact that the employer adopted the exclusion for invidious reasons, rather
bona fide operation.
A real, ongoing business.
bona fide possession
Possession of property by a person who in good faith does not know that the property's ownership is disputed.
bona fide possession.
See POSSESSION (3)
bona fide purchaser
One who buys something for value without notice of another's claim to the item or of any defects in the seller's title; one who has in good faith paid valuable consideration for property without notice of prior adverse claims. - Abbr. BFP. - Also termed good-faith purchaser; purchaser in good faith; innocent purchaser.
bona fide purchaser for value
One who purchases legal title to real property, without actual or constructive notice of any infirmities, claims, or equities against the title. Generally, a bona fide purchaser for value is not affected by the transferor's fraud against a third party, and has a superior right to the transferred property as against the transferor's creditor to the extent of the consideration that the purchaser has paid. - Also termed innocent purchaser for ualue.
bona fide purchaser for value.
See PURCHASER (1).
bona fide purchaser.
See PURCHASER
bona fide sale
A sale made by a seller in good faith, for valuable consideration, and without notice of a defect in title or any other reason not to hold the sale.
bona fides
n. [Latin] See GOOD FAITH. bona fide sale. See SALE,
bona forisfacta
Forfeited goods.
bona forisfacta.
See BONA.
bona fugitivorum
Goods belonging to a fugitive. - Also termed bona utlagatorum.
bona gratia matrimonium dissolvitur
[Law Latin "the marriage is dissolved with good grace"] Hist. A consensual divorce.
bona immobilia
Immovable property.
bona immobilia.
See BONA.
bona memoria
[Latin] Good memory. Bona memoria, as used in the phrase sanae mentis et bonae mernoria (of sound mind and good memory), refers to a testator's mental capacity. See MIND AND MEMORY.
bona mobilia
[Latin] Movable property. See MOVABLE.
bona mobilia.
See BONA.
bona notabilia
Notable goods; property worth accounting for in a decedent's estate.
bona notabilia.
See BONA.
bona paraphernalia
Clothes, jewelry, and ornaments not included in a married woman's dowry.
bona paraphernalia.
See BONA
bona peritura
See BONA.
bona peritura.
Perishable goods; goods that an executor or trustee must diligently convert into money.