Law Dictionary Definitions

bona felonum.See BONA. [Blacks Law 8th]

bona et catalla (boh-n<<schwa>> et k<<schwa>>-tal-<<schwa>>). [Law Latin] Goods and chattels.[Blacks Law 8th]

  bonae fidei possessor (boh-nee fI-dee-I p<<schwa>>-zes-<<schwa>>r). [Latin] Roman law. A good-faith possessor of property owned by another. • Unless the owner sued to recover the property, the possessor became the rightful owner after a specified time elapsed, unless the property had been stolen or taken by force. See USCAPIO.[Blacks Law 8th]

bonae fidei (boh-nee fI-dee-I). [Latin] Of good faith; in good faith.[Blacks Law 8th]

bona confiscata.See BONA. [Blacks Law 8th]

bona castrensia et quasi castrensia (boh-n<<schwa>> ka-stren-shee-<<schwa>> et kway-sI [orkway-zI] ka-stren-shee-<<schwa>>). [Latin “goods acquired for military or quasi-military (i.e., public) service”] Roman law. The property that a son could dispose of, by testament or otherwise, without his paterfamilias’s consent. See PATERFAMILIAS.[Blacks Law 8th]

bona activa (boh-n<<schwa>> ak-tI-v<<schwa>>). [Latin “active goods”] 1. Assets. See ASSET(1).2. The claims that a person has against others. Cf. BONA PASSIVA.[Blacks Law 8th]

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. —…

bombardment.Int’l law. An attack from land, sea, or air with weapons that are capable of destroying enemy targets at a distance with bombs, missiles, or projectiles.[Blacks Law 8th]

bolts.Hist. Student-argued cases in the Inns of Court. • These practice cases were held privately, in contrast to the more formal and public moots. — Also termed boltings.[Blacks Law 8th]