good behavior — noun : proper or correct conduct or deportment his sentence was reduced for good behavior New York Times shall hold their offices during good behavior U.S. Constitution • on one s good behavior * * * 1. satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct. 2 … Useful english dictionary
Good Behavior — See also: Scoundrels (TV series) Good Behavior was a drama/comedy television series pilot that was never picked up by the ABC network. It was based on the New Zealand series Outrageous Fortune. It was being produced by ABC and written and… … Wikipedia
good behavior — Orderly and lawful conduct; behavior such as is proper for a peaceable and law abiding citizen. A term is used in an order suspending sentence upon a defendant during good behavior, means merely conduct conformable to law, or to the particular… … Black's law dictionary
good behavior — Orderly and lawful conduct; behavior such as is proper for a peaceable and law abiding citizen. A term is used in an order suspending sentence upon a defendant during good behavior, means merely conduct conformable to law, or to the particular… … Black's law dictionary
good behavior — Conduct of a prisoner warranting a deduction in time to be served. 41 Am J1st Pris & P §§ 41 et seq. The condition of a bond given as security to keep the peace. 12 Am J2d Breach P § 44. For the purpose of an order suspending sentence during good … Ballentine's law dictionary
good behavior — 1. satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct. 2. conduct conformable to law; orderly conduct: The convict s sentence was reduced for good behavior. 3. proper fulfillment of the duties of an office, esp. a public office: The incumbent could not be… … Universalium
During good behavior — Behavior Be*hav ior, n. Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one s self; conduct; deportment; carriage; used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To be put upon one's good behavior — Behavior Be*hav ior, n. Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one s self; conduct; deportment; carriage; used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To be upon one's good behavior — Behavior Be*hav ior, n. Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one s self; conduct; deportment; carriage; used also of inanimate objects; as, the behavior of a ship in a storm; the behavior of the magnetic needle. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
on one's good behavior — {adv. phr.} Behaving right to make a good impression. * /While his father was around the boy was on his good behavior, but when the father left the boy soon got into mischief./ * /The minister is coming to dinner, and Mother wants us to be on our … Dictionary of American idioms
