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Definition of Bona fide
1. Adjective. Undertaken in good faith. "A bona fide offer"
2. Adjective. Not counterfeit or copied. "Photographs taken in a veritable bull ring"
Similar to: Echt, Genuine
Derivative terms: Authenticity, Unquestionableness
Definition of Bona fide
1. Adjective. Done in good faith. ¹
2. Adjective. Genuine; not counterfeit. ¹
3. Adjective. (alternative spelling of bona fide) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bona Fide
Literary usage of Bona fide
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"Л bona fide holder was held entitled to recover in Holden v. Clark (1870) 16 Kan.
;>4t>. as against a defense of an alleged par- I tía I failure of ..."
2. Principles of Contract: Being a Treatise on the General Principles by Sir Frederick Pollock (1885)
"The rights of bona fide holders for value are as fully protected in equity as
... (y) The bona fide holder of an instrument with a forged indorsement may be ..."
3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"... a majority of this court to be liable to a bona fide holder of interest bearing
treasury notes, printed by the Treasury Department from genuine plates, ..."
4. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"bona fide Holders not affected by Illegal Disposition of Consideration for Issue.
— It may be laid down as a general rule that the manner in which the ..."
5. The Federal and State Constitutions: Colonial Charters, and Other Organic by Francis N. Thorpe, United States (1909)
"All existing charters or grants of special or exclusive privileges under which
a bona fide organization shall not have taken place and business commenced in ..."
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