BONA

bona (boh-n<<schwa>>), n.[Latin “goods”] Chattels; personal property. Cf. BIENS.

bona adventitia (boh-n<<schwa>> ad-ven-tish-ee-<<schwa>>). [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. — Also spelled bona adventicia. — Also termed adventitia bona.

bona confiscata (boh-n<<schwa>> kon-fi-skay-t<<schwa>>). Goods confiscated by — or

forfeited to — the Crown. bona felonum (boh-n<<schwa>> f<<schwa>>-loh-n<<schwa>>m). Personal property belonging to a convicted felon.

bona forisfacta (boh-n<<schwa>> for-is-fak-t<<schwa>>). Forfeited goods.

bona          fugitivorum       (boh-n<<schwa>>          fyoo-j<<schwa>>-ti-vor-<<schwa>>m).   Goods belonging to a fugitive. — Also termed bona utlagatorum.

bona immobilia (boh-n<<schwa>> i-moh-bil-ee-<<schwa>>). Immovable property.

 

bona mobilia (boh-n<<schwa>> moh-bil-ee-<<schwa>>). [Latin] Movable property. See MOVABLE.

bona notabilia (boh-n<<schwa>> noh-t<<schwa>>-bil-ee-<<schwa>>). Notable goods; property worth accounting for in a decedent’s estate. [Cases: Executors and Administrators  11.

C.J.S. Executors and Administrators § 13.]

bona paraphernalia (boh-n<<schwa>> par-<<schwa>>-f<<schwa>>r-nay-lee-<< schwa>>). Clothes, jewelry, and ornaments not included in a married woman’s dowry. bona peritura (boh-n<<schwa>> per-<<schwa>>-t[y]uur-<<schwa>>). Perishable goods;

goods that an executor or trustee must diligently convert into money.

bona utlagatorum (boh-n<<schwa>> <<schwa>>t-lay-g<<schwa>>-tor-<<schwa>>m). See

bona fugitivorum.

bona vacantia (boh-n<<schwa>> v<<schwa>>-kan-shee-<<schwa>>). [Latin “vacant goods”] 1. Property not disposed of by a decedent’s will and to which no relative is entitled under intestacy laws. See ESCHEAT. 2. Ownerless property; goods without an owner. • Bona vacantia often resulted when a deceased person died without an heir willing and able to make a claim. The property either belonged to the finder or escheated to the Crown. — Sometimes shortened to vacantia. — Also termed vacantia bona.

bona waviata (boh-n<<schwa>> way-vee-ay-t<<schwa>>). Stolen goods thrown away in flight by a thief. • The goods escheated to the Crown as a penalty to the owner for failing to pursue the thief and recover the goods.

vacantia bona.See bona vacantia.[Blacks Law 8th]