bona fides — bona fide, bona fides 1. Bona fide is an adjectival and (now rarely) adverbial phrase meaning ‘in good faith’ and hence ‘genuine(ly)’ (a bona fide tourist); bona fides is a noun phrase meaning ‘good faith’ and hence ‘honest intention’. Bona fides … Modern English usage
bona fides — bona fi‧des [ˌbəʊnə ˈfaɪdɪz ǁ ˌboʊnə ˈfaɪdiz, ˈfaɪdz] noun [plural] LAW if you check someone s bona fides, you make sure they are the person they say they are or that what they say is true * * * bona fides UK US noun [plural] LAW ► evidence that… … Financial and business terms
bona fides — bo·na fi·des /ˌbō nə fī ˌdēzcommonly bō nə ˌfīdz/ n [Latin]: good faith the fact that the plaintiff conducted an investigation demonstrated its bona fides Jeannette Glass Co. v. Indemnity Ins. Co. of North America, 88 A.2d 407 (1952) (dissent)… … Law dictionary
bona fides — (izg. bȍna fȉdes) ž DEFINICIJA pravn. dobra vjera, načelo po kojem se obveze (utanačene ugovorom, arbitražom ili sudskom presudom) moraju ispunjavati pošteno i nedvosmisleno (bona fide), bez nastojanja da se izigra puni smisao i svrha obveze… … Hrvatski jezični portal
bona fides — bona fi|des [ˌbəunə ˈfaıdi:z US ˌbounə , ˈbounə faıdz] n [plural] BrE [Date: 1800 1900; : Latin; Origin: good faith ] if you check someone s bona fides, you check that they are who they say they are, and that their intentions are good and honest… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Bona fides — (Бона фидес) латинский юридический термин, означающий «честные средства», «добрые услуги», «добросовестность», который выражает нравственную и моральную честность, веру в правдивость или ложность суждения или сущности мнения, или… … Википедия
bona fides — by 1838, erroneous English pluralization of BONA FIDE (Cf. bona fide), as though it were a noun meaning guarantee of good faith … Etymology dictionary
Bona fides — (lat., »der gute Glaube«), Treu und Glauben, die Überzeugung, daß man sich bei einer bestimmten Handlung oder in einem bestimmten Zustand in seinem guten Recht befinde; daher bona fide, in gutem Glauben … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Bona fides — Bona fides, lat., guter Glaube, ein Rechtsausdruck, bezeichnend den guten Glauben, daß man bei einer Handlung im völligen Rechte sei: daher bona fide handeln … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
bona fides — [bō′nə fī′dēz΄, bō′nefīdz΄] n. [< BONA FIDE] 1. good faith; honesty, sincerity, reliability, etc. 2. proof or proofs of honesty, genuineness, etc … English World dictionary
