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[Latin, In good faith.] Honest; genuine; actual; authentic; acting without the intention of defrauding.

A bona fide purchaser is one who purchases property for a valuable consideration that is inducement for entering into a contract and without suspicion of being defrauded or deceived by the seller. He or she has no notice of any defects of the title. A bona fide purchaser pays in good faith full value for the property and, without any fraud, goes into possession.

Dansk (Danish)
idioms:

• bona fide    bona fide, god tro
• bona fides    med reelle hensigter, oprigtigt

Français (French)
idioms:

• bona fide    authentique, de bonne foi, sérieux
• bona fides    bonne foi, sincérité

Deutsch (German)
idioms:

• bona fide    echt, redlich, in gutem Glauben
• bona fides    guter Glaube, Zeugnisse

Ελληνική (Greek)
idioms:

• bona fide    καλόπιστος, καλής πίστεως, (επίρ.) καλή τη πίστει, καλόπιστα
• bona fides    καλή πίστη, καλοπιστία, αξιοπιστία, εχέγγυα

Italiano (Italian)
idioms:

• bona fide    in buona fede
• bona fides    buona fede

Português (Portuguese)
idioms:

• bona fide    genuíno, legítimo
• bona fides    honestidade

Русский (Russian)
idioms:

• bona fide    честный, добросовестный
• bona fides    честные намерения

Español (Spanish)
idioms:

• bona fide    buena fe
• bona fides    auténtico, sincero, serio

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - bra, god

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
好之意的

idioms:

• bona fide    真实的, 有诚意的
• bona fides    诚意, 善意

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
好之意的

idioms:

• bona fide    真實的, 有誠意的
• bona fides    誠意, 善意

한국어 (Korean)
좋은

idioms:

• bona fide    성의 있는, 진실의
• bona fides    선의, 정직

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ボーナ山

idioms:

• bona fide    真実の, 誠実な
• bona fides    善意

עברית (Hebrew)
bona fide - ‮בונה פידה, בתום לב, בלי רמאות, מהימן‬

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