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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

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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.