The term “bona fide” crops up throughout the legal profession, and most of us probably have some sense of what the term means. However, more often than not, the term “bona fide” is used improperly or ambiguously.
Literally, bona fide means simply “good faith.“ The meaning of the term has been expanded to suggest authenticity, truth and fidelity, as well as absence of fraud or collusion.
And that’s the bona fide article!
— BBC&B