Law Dictionary Definitions

bonus share.See bonus stock under STOCK.[Blacks Law 8th]

bonus. 1. A premium paid in addition to what is due or expected <year-end bonus>. • In the employment context, workers’ bonuses are not a gift or gratuity; they are paid for services or on consideration in addition to or in excess of the compensation that would ordinarily be given. 2.BOUNTY(3).3.Oil & gas. A payment…

bonum factum (boh-n<<schwa>>m fak-t<<schwa>>m). [Latin] A good or proper act or deed. — Abbr. b.f. — Also termed bene factum.[Blacks Law 8th]

bonorum     possessio           contra   tabulas (b<<schwa>>-nor-<<schwa>>m p<<schwa>>-zes[h]-ee-oh kahn-tr<<schwa>> tab-y<<schwa>>-l<<schwa>>s). [Latin “possession of goods contrary to the terms of the will”] Roman law. An order authorizing the applicant to take possession of an estate contrary to the testament. • Magistrates made such orders in certain cases,   as where a testator passed over a…

bono et malo (boh-noh et mal-oh). See DE BONO ET MALO.[Blacks Law 8th]

bonitary ownership.See OWNERSHIP. [Blacks Law 8th]

bonitary (bahn-<<schwa>>-tair-ee), adj.BONITARIAN(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

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]

bonis non amovendis.See DE BONIS NON AMOVENDIS. [Blacks Law 8th]

bonis cedere (boh-nis see-d<<schwa>>-ree). [Latin “to cede one’s goods”] Civil law. A transfer or surrender of property, usu. from a debtor to a creditor.[Blacks Law 8th]