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Novation   Listen
noun
Novation  n.  
1.
Innovation. (Obs.) "I shall easily grant that novations in religion are a main cause of distempers in commonwealths."
2.
(Law) A substitution of a new debt for an old one; also, the remodeling of an old obligation; debt restructuring.





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"Novation" Quotes from Famous Books



... when I have done my task, Stern law again asserts her domination, 'Tis cruel 'mid the new-mown hay to bask, And find one's mind is running on novation; ...
— Briefless Ballads and Legal Lyrics - Second Series • James Williams


Words linked to "Novation" :   replacement, law, jurisprudence, replacing


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