BONITARIAN

bonitarian (bahn-<<schwa>>-tair-ee-in), adj. Roman law. 1. Equitable or beneficial. — Also termed bonitary. Cf. QUIRITARIAN. 2.Hist. Pertaining to or designating a property interest governed by praetorian edict rather than civil law. See edictum praetoris under EDICTUM.[Blacks Law 8th]