| Pronunciation: | | now'veyshun
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[n] (law) the replacement of one obligation by another by mutual agreement of both parties; usually the replacement of one of the original parties to a contract with the consent of the remaining party |
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NOVATION is a 8 letter word that starts with N. |
| | See Also: | | replacement, replacing |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \No*va"tion\, n. [L. novatio; novus new: cf. F.
novation.]
1. Innovation. [Obs.]
I shall easily grant that novations in religion are
a main cause of distempers in commonwealths. --Laud.
2. (Law) A substitution of a new debt for an old one; also,
the remodeling of an old obligation.
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