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Bona Fide

French translation: de bonne foi

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English term or phrase:Bona Fide
French translation:de bonne foi
Entered by: FX Fraipont (X)

13:52 Feb 17, 2019
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s) / Bankruptcy
English term or phrase: Bona Fide
Done in good faith and without knowledge of a defect
Elvira Teslaru
Canada
Local time: 20:26
de bonne foi
Explanation:
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FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 04:26
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3de bonne foi
FX Fraipont (X)
4bona fide
Daryo
Summary of reference entries provided
linguee
GILLES MEUNIER

  

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bona fide
de bonne foi


Explanation:
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FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 04:26
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 1004
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agree  Christian Fournier
1 min
agree  Eliza Hall
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agree  AllegroTrans
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
bona fide
bona fide


Explanation:
lawyers all over Europe use Latin terms in many languages - makes life far easier and reduces potential for misunderstanding.

Contrary to what say those obsessed with hunting down "les anglicismes" would say it's not one - it's Latin.

https://www.linternaute.fr/dictionnaire/fr/definition/bona-f...

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Note added at 3 days 1 hr (2019-02-20 15:30:49 GMT)
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correction

Contrary to what would say those obsessed with hunting down "les anglicismes" it's not one - it's Latin.

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 03:26
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Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
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Reference comments


29 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: linguee

Reference information:
https://www.linguee.fr/francais-anglais/search?source=auto&q...

GILLES MEUNIER
France
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 873

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  writeaway: 4. [honesty] he did it in good faith il l'a fait en toute bonne foi https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/anglais-francais/faith...
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