Legal Definition and Related Resources of Contra bonos mores
Meaning of Contra bonos mores
Against sound morals. Contracts which are incentive to crime, or of which the consideration is an obligation or engagement improperly prejudicial to the feelings of a third party, offensive to decency or morality, or which have a tendency to mischievous or pernicious consequences, are void, as being contra bonos mores. 2 Wils. 447; Covyp. 729; 4 Campb. 152; 1 Barn. & Aid. 683; 16 East, 150.
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Contra bonos mores in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
Against good morals.
Note: This legal definition of Contra bonos mores in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
Contra bonos mores in Law Enforcement
Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of contra bonos mores.
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- Law Enforcement Officer
- Policeman
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- contra bonos mores in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
- contra bonos mores in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
- A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis
Definition of Contra Bonos Mores
In the context of international law, the legal resource A Dictionary of Law, provides a definition of Contra Bonos Mores : (Latin)
Against good morals. It is a matter of controversy to what extent the criminal law should, or does, prohibit immoral conduct merely on the ground of its immorality. The tendency in recent years has been to limit legal intervention in matters of morals to acts that cause harm to others. However, there are still certain offences regarded as essentially immoral (e.g. *incest and *buggery). There are also offences of conspiring to corrupt public morals (although *corruption of public morals is not in itself criminal) and of outraging (or conspiring to outrage) public decency, although the scope of these offences is uncertain.
See also conspiracy; obscene publications.
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