Bona Notabilia

English Law and Ecclesiastical Law: Bona Notabilia in the Past

Notable goods. When a person dies having at the time of his death, goods in any other diocese, beside’s 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. 1 Roll. Ab. 908; Toll. Ex. 51 Williams on Ex. Index, h. t. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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1. Partialy, this information about bona notabilia is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including bona notabilia.

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