‖ novodamus Sc. Law.
(nəʊvəʊˈdeɪməs)
[L. (de) novo damus ‘we grant anew’.]
A charter containing a clause (also called ‘of novodamus’) by which the superior grants afresh the matters described in the dispositive clause.
| 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scot. 681 A charter of novodamus is accounted in law an original right, which imports a discharge of all prior burdens. 1857 J. Paterson Regality of Musselburgh 26 A novodamus of the nether miln of Brunstain, to be holden of the Earl. |