Eng. law. Copyholders and customary tenants are sometimes so called. … [Read more...] about BOND TENANT
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BODY OF A COUNTY
A county at large, as distinguished from any particular place within it A county considered as a territorial whole. State v. Arthur, 39 Iowa, 632; People v. Dunn, 31 App. Div. 139, 52 N. Y. Supp. 968. … [Read more...] about BODY OF A COUNTY
BONA FIDE POSSESSOR
A person who is in possession of property and who asserts that he is the rightful owner. … [Read more...] about BONA FIDE POSSESSOR
BODY OF AN INSTRUMENT
The main and operative part; the substantive provisions, as distinguished from the recitals, title, jurat, etc. … [Read more...] about BODY OF AN INSTRUMENT
BONA FIDE PURCHASER
A purchaser in good faith, usually referring to a person who purchases an item without any knowledge or reason to believe that there may be a problem with title to the property that the property may actually be subject to a third party claim. In order to be a bona fide purchaser, the purchaser must have paid reasonable market value for the item and that no suspicious … [Read more...] about BONA FIDE PURCHASER