renewal

Defined in 6 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Abbott (1879)

United States Code

6 U.S.C. § 677a — for the purposes of this part (2 versions over time)

The term “renewal” means a renewal of a declaration under section 677b(d) of this title.

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A change of something old for something new; as, the renewal of a note; the renewal of a lease. See "Novation;" 1 Bouv. Inst, note 800.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The confirmation of the contract of an infant or of a person of unsound mind. See 8 Ind. App. 539, 36 N. E. 173.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A change of something old for something new; as, the renewal of a note; the renewal of a lease. See Novation.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The act of renewing or reviving. The substitution of a new grant, engagement or right, In place of one which has expired, of the same character and on the same terms and conditions as before; as, the renewal of a note, a lease, a patent. See Carter v. Brooklyn L. Inn. Co., 110 N. Y. 15, 17 N. E. 396; Gault v. McGrath, 32 Pa. 392; Kedey v. Petty, 153 Ind. 179, 54 N. E. 798; Pitts v. Hall, 19 Fed. Cas. 758.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Substitution of a new obligation or right, of the same nature, for an old one. Thus the renewal of alease is giving a lease embodying substantially the same terms and conditions, to commence from expiration of a previous lease; renewal of a note is making a note of the same tenor, but due at a postponed date; renewal of a patent is a new patent issued upon surrender of an original, but with modifications designed to cure defect, error, or excess in the specification or claim in the original. An assignment of letters-patent, or any renewal thereof, may include an extension of the patent. Pitts v. Hall, 3 Blaichf. 201; Goodyear v. Gary, 4 Id. 271, 303. Eenewal is not predicable where a note, payable in United States currency, is given for an amount agreed upon at a settlement made after the late war, and adjusting the equities of a previous confederate contract. Greene v. Lowry, 46 Ga. 55.