Wednesday, 15 February 2012

Bona fides

"Bona fides" means, "in good faith."  An act is said to be bona fide if it was committed with a good honest intention as opposed to a dishonest (mala fide/bad faith) one.

Illustration:- Client A bona fide engages Attorney B with respect to filing of pleading on behalf of A.  B knew that the pleading will not stand in the court,  however B takes advantage of A's ignorance of the law, misleads A and mala fide files the pleading towards charging A a hefty fee.

Bona fides has come to be used interchangeably with "good faith."  Back.

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