Category: N

An action for damage done by slaves or irrational animals. Sandars, Just. Inst. (5th Ed.) 457.

Futile; ineffectual; invalid ; destitute of constraining force or vitality. A legislative act may be “nugatory” because unconstitutional.

Lat. In the civil law. An action which lay against the master of a slave, for some offense (as theft or robbery) committed or damage or injury done by the slave, which was called “noxa.” Usually translated “noxal action.”

Lat. In the civil law. An offense committed or damage done by a slave. Inst. 4, 8, 1.

Hurtful; offensive; offensive to the smell. Rex v. White, 1 Burrows, 337. The word “noxious” includes the complex Idea both of insalubrity and offensiveness. Id.

Novation is the substitution of a new debt or obligation for an existing one. Civ. Code Cal.

In old Scotch law. (We give anew.) The name given to a charter, or clause in a charter, granting a renewal of a right. Bell. Novum judicium non dat novum jus, sed declarat antiquum; quia judicium est juris dictum et per judicium jus est noviter revelatum quod din fuit vela- tum. A new adjudication does not make a new law, but declares the old; because adjudication is the utterance of the law, and by adjudication the law is newly revealed which was for a long time hidden. 10 Coke, 42.

The substitution or swap of two parties in a contractual agreement is formalized through the use of the novation agreement.

1. Usually refers to an idea or action that is considered to be unique and unusual. 2. A comprehensive fictional story that ties elements of literature such as dialogues, characters, etc, to create a plot that is engaging to the readers.

See NEW ASSIGNMENT.