Law Dictionary Definitions

boni homines (boh-nIhom-<<schwa>>-neez). [Law Latin “good men”] Hist. Free tenants who judged each other in their lord’s court. “[W]e may find traces of juries in the laws of all those nations which adopted the feodal system, as in Germany, France, and Italy; who had all of them a tribunal composed of twelve good men and…

bonification (bahn-<<schwa>>-fi-kay-sh<<schwa>>n). A tax remission, usu. on goods intended for export. • Bonification enables a commodity to be sold in a foreign market as if it had not been taxed.[Blacks Law 8th]

  bones gents (bohn jents). [Law French “good men”] Hist. Qualified or competent persons; esp., men qualified to serve on a jury.[Blacks Law 8th]

bond trust.See TRUST.[Blacks Law 8th]

bond table.A schedule used in determining a bond’s current value by its coupon rate, its time to maturity, and its effective yield if held to maturity.[Blacks Law 8th]

bondsman. 1. One who guarantees a bond; a surety. 2. A serf or peasant; VILLEIN. — Also termed (in sense 2) bondman.[Blacks Law 8th]

bond retirement.The cancellation of a bond that has been called or paid.[Blacks Law 8th]

bond rating.A system of evaluating and appraising the investment value of a bond issue.[Blacks Law 8th]

bond premium.See PREMIUM(3). [Blacks Law 8th]

bond of corroboration.See BOND(2).[Blacks Law 8th]