单词 | bona fides |
释义 | bona fidesn. Law. 1. Good faith, freedom from intent to deceive. ΚΠ 1845 Penny Cycl. Suppl. I. 214/1 Bona Fides is therefore opposed to fraud, and is a necessary ingredient in contracts. 1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 29 468 It was said that this shewed bona fides on their part. 2. Treated as plural form of bona fide (assumed to be n. singular): guarantees of good faith. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > agreement > promise > [noun] > pledge or assurance > guarantees of good faith bona fides1944 1944 Notes & Queries CLXXXVI. 246/1 I notice in one of our best sellers the remark, ‘If Mina's bona fides are once questioned’. 1962 B. E. Wallace Device xxvii. 195 All strangers whose bona fides..are not completely verified must be immediately reported to your superior officer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1845 |
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