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bona fide

bona fide [Latin, in good faith] 1 a : characterized by good faith and lack of fraud or deceit [a bona fide offer] b : valid under or in compliance with the law [retirement incentives made part of a bona fide employee benefit plan] 2 : made with or characterized by sincerity [a bona fide belief] 3 : being real or genuine [bona fide residents] ...


bona fide purchaser

bona fide purchaser : a purchaser who purchases in good faith without notice of any defect in title and for a valuable consideration called also bona fide purchaser for value NOTE: There are particular requirements for a bona fide purchaser of a security set out in Uniform Commercial Code section 8-302. Under this section a bona fide purchaser is one who buys a security in good faith and without notice of any adverse claims and who takes delivery of a certificated security either as a bearer security or as a registered security issued to him or her or endorsed to him or her or by a blank endorsement or to whom the transfer of an uncertificated security is registered on the books of the issuer, or as otherwise provided in section 8-313. ...


Bona fide

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....


The building is bona fide required by the landlord

The building is bona fide required by the landlord, the phrase 'the building is bona fide required by the landlord' for the immediate purpose of demolition and reconstruction occurring in s. 14(1)(b) of the Act refers to bona fide requirement of the landlord and the requirement in terms is not that the building should need immediate demolition and reconstruction, Metalware and Co. v. Bansilal Sarma and Co., AIR 1979 SC 1559 (1562): (1979) 3 SCC 398: (1979) 3 SCR 1107....


bona fides

bona fides [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)"] ...


Bona fide

In or with good faith without fraud or deceit real or really actual or actually genuine or genuinely as you must proceed bona fide a bona fide purchaser or transaction...


Bona fide clerical mistake

Bona fide clerical mistake, bona fide clerical error would normally be one where an officer has indicated a particular date of birth in his application form or any other document at the time of his employment but, by mistake or oversight a different date has been recorded, Union of India v. C. Rama Swamy, AIR 1997 SC 2055 (2061): (1997) 4 SCC 647. [All India Services(Death-Cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules (1958), R. 16A]...


Bona fide requirement

Bona fide requirement, the 'bona fide requirement' must be in praesenti and must be manifested in actual need which would evidence the court that it is not a mere fanciful or whimsical desire, Bargain for vote, Deena Nath v. Pooran Mal, (2001) 5 SCC 705 (710): AIR 2001 SC 2655. [M.P. Accommodation Control Act, 1961 (41 of 1961) s. 12(1)(f)]...


bona fide holder

bona fide holder : a holder of a negotiable instrument who acquired title to the instrument in the ordinary course of business for value before it became due and without knowledge of any defect in title compare holder in due course ...


bona fide occupational qualification

bona fide occupational qualification : a requirement (as relating to sex, religion, national origin, or age) for a particular job that does not violate the constitutional bans on discrimination see also Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Age Discrimination in Employment Act in the Important Laws section equal employment opportunity commission in the Important Agencies section amendment xiv to the Constitution in the back matter compare disparate impact, disparate treatment ...


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