CONTRACTUS BONAE FIDEI, VEL STRICTI JURIS

contractus bonae fidei, vel stricti juris (k<<schwa>>n-trak-t<<schwa>>s boh-nee fI-dee-I, vel strik-tIjoor-is). [Latin] Roman law. Contracts of good faith or of strict law; a contract requiring that the parties perform their duties in good faith. • In an action brought on a contractus bonae fidei, the plaintiff had to assert that he had not acted in…

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CONTRACTUS

contractus (k<<schwa>>n-trak-t<<schwa>>s). [Latin] Roman law. A contract; an agreement between two or more parties, usu. to create an actionable bond between them. See CONTRAHERE. “The texts of the Roman Law do not supply a definition of contract. The words contractus — contrahere — like ‘contract’ in English, are used in various senses, sometimes wider, sometimes narrower.…

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