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Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
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.