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NOVATION

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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...]

NOVUM OPUS

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Latin: In the civil law. A new work. See Novi OPERIS NUNCIACTIO. … [Read more...]

NOVEL

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Unique, unusual. A requirement of intellectual property law with regard to the ability to obtain protection for an invention, idea or brand. … [Read more...]

NOVUS HOMO

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Latin: A new man. This term is applied to a man who has been pardoned of a crime, and so made, as it were, a "new man." … [Read more...]

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