Novatio
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Novation, which see.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I.
In the civil law. A making new; a change of a former debt or obligation into another of the same or a different kind, either by a change of the persons, or by a change in the obligation; novation. Novatio non praesumitur: novation is not presumed.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
/., Novation. The substitution of a new debt or obligation for an old one, which latter is thereby extinguished. It is novation if either the debtor, the creditor, or the obligation be changed.