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
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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
NOTICE OF MOTION
A formal notice to another party to a lawsuit that a motion was filed in court and that a hearing will be held on a certain date and time with regard to a certain matter. … [Read more...] about NOTICE OF MOTION
NOTORIETY
The state of being notorious or universally well known. Proof by notoriety. In Scotch law, dispensing with positive testimony as to matters of common knowledge or general notoriety, the same as the "judicial notice" of English and American law. See NOTICE. … [Read more...] about NOTORIETY