bona+fide

  • 101Bona fides — (lat., »der gute Glaube«), Treu und Glauben, die Überzeugung, daß man sich bei einer bestimmten Handlung oder in einem bestimmten Zustand in seinem guten Recht befinde; daher bona fide, in gutem Glauben …

    Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • 102Bona fides — Bona fides, lat., guter Glaube, ein Rechtsausdruck, bezeichnend den guten Glauben, daß man bei einer Handlung im völligen Rechte sei: daher bona fide handeln …

    Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • 103bona fides — [bō′nə fī′dēz΄, bō′nefīdz΄] n. [< BONA FIDE] 1. good faith; honesty, sincerity, reliability, etc. 2. proof or proofs of honesty, genuineness, etc …

    English World dictionary

  • 104bona — adj, exclamation British excellent, fine, the real thing. An all pur pose term of approbation increasingly heard among working class Londoners in the 1980s, probably derived from bona fide or from the Spanish and Italian words for good (buena and …

    Contemporary slang

  • 105bona — /bowns/ Goods; property; possessions. In the Roman law, this term was used to designate all species of property, real, personal, and mixed, but was more strictly applied to real estate. In civil law, it includes both personal property… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 106bona — /bowns/ Goods; property; possessions. In the Roman law, this term was used to designate all species of property, real, personal, and mixed, but was more strictly applied to real estate. In civil law, it includes both personal property… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 107bona fides —    (BOH nah fiedz) [Latin: good faith] Demonstrable trustworthiness; freedom from intent to mislead; sincerity; honest intention. Not a plural form of bona fide, thus: “Our chairman’s bona fides was subject to intense scrutiny.”    See also mala… …

    Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

  • 108bona fides — /bowns faydiyz/ Good faith; integrity of dealing; honesty; sincerity; the opposite of mala fides and of dolus mains. See bona fide …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 109bona fides — /bowns faydiyz/ Good faith; integrity of dealing; honesty; sincerity; the opposite of mala fides and of dolus mains. See bona fide …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 110fide — See bona fide …

    Ballentine's law dictionary