ex aequo et bono (eks ee-kwoh et boh-noh). [Latin] According to what is equitable and good. • A decision-maker (esp. in international law) who is authorized to decide ex aequo et bono is not bound by legal rules and may instead follow equitable principles. For example, article 38(2) of the Statute of the International Court […]
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,
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societas universorum bonorum (s[schwa]-sI-[schwa]-tas yoo-ni-v[schwa]r-sor-[schwa]m b[schwa]-nor-[schwa]m), n. Hist. An entire partnership, including all the individual partners’ property.
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collatio bonorum (k[schwa]-lay-shee-oh b[schwa]-nor-[schwa]m). [Latin “collation of goods”] Civil law. The bringing into hotchpot of goods or money advanced by a parent to a child, so that the parent’s personal estate will be equally distributed among the parent’s children. Pl. collationes bonorum. See HOTCHPOT. “[I]f the estates so given them, by way of advancement, are
bonorum possessio contra tabulas (b[schwa]-nor-[schwa]m p[schwa]-zes[h]-ee-oh kahn-tr[schwa] tab-y[schwa]-l[schwa]s). [Latin “possession of goods contrary to the terms of the will”] Roman law. An order authorizing the applicant to take possession of an estate contrary to the testament. • Magistrates made such orders in certain cases, as where a testator passed over a daughter or an emancipated
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distractio bonorum (di-strak-shee-oh b[schwa]-nor-[schwa]m). [Latin “the sale of goods”] Roman law. A curator bonorum’s sale of the property in an insolvent estate to satisfy creditors’ claims.
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cessio bonorum (sesh-ee-oh b[schwa]-nor-[schwa]m). [Latin “cession of goods”] Roman law. An as-signment of a debtor’s property to creditors. [Cases: Debtor and Creditor 1, 12. C.J.S. Assignments for Benefit of Creditors §§ 2, 4, 27; Creditor and Debtor §§ 2–3, 106–109.] “It was the Roman equivalent of modern bankruptcy…. [O]ne who thus made cessio bonorum would
solicitation, n. 1. The act or an instance of requesting or seeking to obtain something; a request or petition (a solicitation for volunteers to handle at least one pro bono case per year). 2. The criminal offense of urging, advising, commanding, or otherwise inciting another to commit a crime ( convicted of solicitation of murder).
legal, adj. 1. Of or relating to law; falling within the province of law (pro bono legal services). 2. Established, required, or permitted by law; LAWFUL ( it is legal to carry a concealed handgun in some states). 3. Of or relating to law as opposed to equity. [Cases: Action 21. C.J.S. Actions § 124.]
hotchpot (hoch-pot), n. 1. The blending of items of property to secure equality of division, esp. as practiced either in cases of divorce or in cases in which advancements of an intestate’s property must be made up to the estate by a contribution or by an accounting. — Also termed hotchpotch; hotchpot rule. Cf. RAPPORT