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Law Dictionary Letter B

Bona Fide

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Bona fide, is characterized by good faith and lack of fraud or deceit; valid under or in compliance with the law; made with or characterized by sincerity; being real or genuine, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 54.

Bona fide, (in good faith), implying the absence of all fraud or unfair dealing or acting, whether it consists in simulation or dissimulation.

As to 'bona fide traveller,' see TRAVELLER.

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