novate, v. rare.
(nəʊˈveɪt)
[f. ppl. stem of L. novāre to make new, etc., f. novus new.]
trans. To replace by something new; spec. in (Roman) law, to replace by a new obligation, debt, etc.
| 1611 Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. xxiv. §55 And if that Peace doth make nouationem, then the forfeiture of your right..is wiped away, nouated and cleansed by this Peace. 1875 Poste Gaius xv, Non-statutory actions..have no power at civil law of consuming or novating a right of action. 1880 Muirhead Gaius 552 It..might be employed even when the obligation novated was only a natural one. |
| absol. 1876 Law Rep. 5 Chanc. Div. 261 There can be no novation without an intention to novate on the part of the creditor. |