Latin Legal Terms
Definitions and South-African-law usage notes for the Latin terms judges, lawyers, and textbooks routinely cite. Free, indexed, and updated as new terms are curated from our source library.
- bona fidesgenuinely or in good faith
The principle of acting in good faith, which is a requirement that a party must act honestly and in the absence of fraud. It often refers to financial transactions where one party has acted without any fraudulent intent.
#civil-litigation#contractual#procedural - boni moresgood morals; good customs
Boni mores denotes the legal convictions of the community and functions as a normative standard in South African law. It is used especially in delict and contract to assess wrongfulness, public policy, and whether conduc
#contract#delict#constitutional - bonis interdictuminterdict concerning goods/property
In Roman-Dutch and South African legal usage, bonis interdictum refers to an interdiction against a person's estate or property, historically restricting that person from administering or dealing with their assets. It is
#property#persons