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Rh of movable goods. Tisdale v. Harris, 20 Pick. (Mass.) 13; Penniman v. French, 17 Pick. (Mass) 404, 28 Am. Dec. 309.

Lat, adj. Good. Used in numerous legal phrases of which the following are the principal:

In or with good faith; honestly, openly, and sincerely; without deceit or fraud.

Truly; actually; without simulation or pretense.

Innocently; in the attitude of trust and confidence; without notice of fraud, etc.

By good faith a possessor makes the fruits consumed his own. Tray. Lat. Max. 57.

Good faith demands that what is agreed upon shall be done. Dig. 19, 20, 21; Id. 19, 1, 50; Id. 50, 8, 2, 13.

Good faith does not allow us to demand twice the payment of the same thing. Dig. 50, 17. 57; Broom, Max. 338, note; Perine v. Dunn, 4 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 143.

In the civil law. Of good faith; in good faith. This is a more frequent form than bona fide.

A possessor in good faith is only liable for that which he himself has obtained. 2 Inst. 285.

n. A contract by specialty to pay a certain sum of money; being a deed or instrument under seal, by which the maker or obligor promises, and thereto binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a designated sum of money to another; usually with a clause to the effect that upon performance of a certain condition (as to pay another and smaller sum) the obligation shall be void. U. S. v. Rundle, 100 Fed. 403, 40 C. C. A. 450; Turck v. Mining Co., 8 Colo. 113, 5 Pac. 838; Boyd v. Boyd, 2 Nott & McC. (S. C.) 126.

The word "bond" shall embrace every written undertaking for the payment of money or