Nova

I. New. Nova constitutio futuris formam imponere debet, non prxteritis: anew statute or enactment ought to px-escribe form V to future acts, not to those that are past Nova statnta: new or later statutes; a name given to the English statutes from" the beginning of the reign of Edward III. Novae narrationes: new counts or tales; in old English, new talys; a collection of forms of pleading, published in the reign of Edward III.

Lat. New. Nova constitutio futuris formam imponere debet, non praeteritis: a new statute ought to prescribe form to future acts, not past [ought to be prospective, not retrospective, in its operation]. Nova custuma: v. Custuma. Novae Narrationes (new counts): a book of forms of pleadings published in the reign of Edward III. Nova statuta (new statutes): the English statutes from 1 Edward III.

New. Nova constitutio futuris formam imponere debet, non preeteritis. A new enactment should lay down a rule for the future, not the past. Enactments should be prospective in their operation, not retrospective. A maxim usually cited in the form, omnis nova constitutio futuris formam imponere debet, non prceteritis, q. v. 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. Com. 68. Nov» narrationes. A collection of pleadings in actions during the reign of Edward III. It consisted principally of declarations, as the title imports; but there were sometimes pleas and the subsequent pleadings. Reeve Hist. Eng. Law. NOVATI'O; NOVATION. A term derived from the civil law, but recently of frequent use in English and American reports and treatises, signifying substitution of a new engagement, indebtedness, or obligation, for an old one, as where a renewal note is given. In the civil law, there are three kinds of novation: 1. Where the debtor and creditor remain the same, but a new debt takes the place of the old one; 2. Where the debt remains the same, but a new debtor is substituted; 3. Where the debt and debtor remain, but a new creditor is substituted. Adams v. Power, 48 Miss. 451. Novatlo non presumitur. Novation is not presumed.