Latin: To collect nuts. This was formerly onef of the works or services imposed by lords upon their inferior tenants. Paroch. Antiq. 495. Nuda paotio oblinationem aos parlt. A naked agreement i.e., without consideration] does not beget an obligation. Dig. 2, 14, 7, 4; Broom, Max. 746. … [Read more...] about NUCES COLLIGERE
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NOVALIS
in the civil law. Land that rested a year after the flrst plowing. Dig. 50, 16, 30, 2. Novatio non prsesnmitur. Novation is pot presumed. Halk. Lat. Max. 109. … [Read more...] about NOVALIS
NOVODAMUS
In old Scotch lav. (We give anew.) The name given to a charter, or clause In a charter, granting a renewal of a right Bell. Novum judieinm mam dat novum Jus, sod doolarat antiquum! quia judieinm est juris diotum et per judieinm jus est noviter revelatnm quod din fnit vela~ tnm. A new adjudication does not make a new law, but declares the old; because adjudication is the … [Read more...] about NOVODAMUS
NOVATION
Novation is the substitution of a new debt or obligation for an existing one. Novation is a contract, consisting of two stipulations, one to extinguish an existing obligation; the other to substitute a new one in its place. Civ. Code La. art. 2185. The term was originally a technical term Of the civil law, but is now in very general use in English and American jurisprudence. In … [Read more...] about NOVATION
NOVUM OPUS
Latin: In the civil law. A new work. See Novi OPERIS NUNCIACTIO. … [Read more...] about NOVUM OPUS