novation
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 41 U.S. 169 - Hyde Gleises Locket v. Booraem Company · 1842Most cited · 43 citing opinions
A novation will, indeed, if it be absolute and unconditional, amount to a direct extinguishment of the original debt, by substituting the new contract in its place... if the debt of which it is proposed to make a novation by another engagement, is conditional, the novation cannot take effect, until the condition is accomplished.
How often courts cite the case defining “novation”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “novation” — 42 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.