In Saxon law. A pecuniary satisfaction for an injury, amounting to nine times the value of the thing for which it was paid. Spelman. … [Read more...] about NOVIGILD
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NOVA STATUTA
New statutes. An appellation sometimes given to the statutes which have been passed since the beginning of the reign of Edward III. 1 Steph. Comm. 88. … [Read more...] about NOVA STATUTA
NOVISSIMA RECOPILACION
(Latest Compilation.) The title of a collection of Spanish law compiled by order of Don Carlos IV. in 1805. 1 White, Recop. 355. … [Read more...] about NOVISSIMA RECOPILACION
NOVAE NARRATIONES
New counts. The collection called "Nova Narrationes" contains pleadings in actions during the reign of Edward III. It consists principally of declarations, as the title imports; but there are sometimes pleas and subsequent pleadings. The Artieuli ad Novas Narrationes is usually subjoined to this little book, and 1& a small treatise on the method of pleading. It first treats … [Read more...] about NOVAE NARRATIONES
NOVITAS
Lat. Novelty; newness; a new thing. Novitas non tam utilitate prodest quam novitate perturbat. A novelty does not benefit so much by its utility as it disturbs by its novelty. Jenk. Cent p. 167, case 23. … [Read more...] about NOVITAS