contra bonos mores

contra bonos mores (kon-tr[schwa] boh-nohs mor-eez). [Latin “against good morals”] Offensive to the conscience and to a sense of justice. • Contracts contra bonos mores are voidable.

— Also termed contra bonos mores et decorum; adversus bonos mores.

“Whatever is contra bonos mores et decorum, the principles of our law prohibit, and the King’s court, as the general censor and guardian of the public manners, is bound to restrain and punish.” Jones v. Randall, 98 E.R. 706, 707 (1774)(per Mansfield, C.J.).

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