Engl. ecclesiastical law. Notable goods. When a person dies having at the time of his death, goods in any other diocese, besides the goods in the diocese where he dies, amounting to the value of five pounds in the whole, he is said to have bona notabilia; in which case proof of his will, or granting letters of administration, belongs to the archbishop of the province. … [Read more...] about BONA NOTABILIA
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BOIS, OR BOYS
L. Fr. Wood; timber; brush. … [Read more...] about BOIS, OR BOYS
BONA PERITURA
Perishable goods. 2. An executor, administrator, or trustee, is bound to use due diligence in disposing of perishable goods, such as fattened cattle, grain, fruit, or any other article which may be worse for keeping. … [Read more...] about BONA PERITURA
BOLHAGIUM, OR BOLDAGIUM
A little bouse or cottage. Blount … [Read more...] about BOLHAGIUM, OR BOLDAGIUM
BONA VACANTIA
Goods to which no one claims a property, as, shipwrecks, treasure trove; vacant goods. civil law. Goods without an owner. Such goods escheat. … [Read more...] about BONA VACANTIA