MISSIO IN BONA

missio in bona (mis[h]-ee-oh in boh-n[schwa]). [Latin] Roman law. 1. A praetor’s grant to a creditor of individual items of the judgment debtor’s property already in the creditor’s possession. 2. A praetor’s grant to a creditor in possession of the debtor’s whole estate, as a form of execution of judgment.