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novodamus

novodamus noun: in Scottish feudal land law, a fresh grant of lands to the grantee, usually to make some change in the incidents of tenure of land already granted, or to resolve doubts about the grant or its terms.

Noun

novodamus (plural novodamuses)

  1. (historical, Scots law) In Scottish feudal land law, a fresh grant of lands to the grantee, usually to make some change in the incidents of tenure of land already granted, or to resolve doubts about the grant or its terms.

Forms of novodamus

pluralnovodamuses

Origin of novodamus

From Latin.

Questions about novodamus

What does novodamus mean?
Novodamus means in Scottish feudal land law, a fresh grant of lands to the grantee, usually to make some change in the incidents of tenure of land already granted, or to resolve doubts about the grant or its terms.
What part of speech is novodamus?
Novodamus is a noun.
What is the plural of novodamus?
The plural of novodamus is novodamuses.

Words near novodamus in the dictionary

  1. Novocastrians
  2. novocentenary
  3. Novocheboksarsk
  4. Novocherkassk
  5. Novochervone
  6. novodamus
  7. novodamuses
  8. Novodnistrovsk
  9. Novodruzhesk
  10. Novodvorskies
  11. Novodvorsky

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