New Inn. Hist. English law. One of the Inns of Chancery (collegiate houses) in which law students were placed before entering the Inns of Court. • This practice continued until approximately 1650, when the buildings began to be used only by barristers and solicitors. See INN OF CHANCERY. Cf. INN OF COURT.
Inn of Chancery. Hist. Any of nine collegiate houses where students studied either to gain entry into an Inn of Court or to learn how to frame writs in order to serve in the chancery courts. • Over time, the Inns — Clement’s, Clifford’s, Lyon’s, Furnival’s, Thavies’, Symond’s, Barnard’s, Staples’, and the New Inn —
new, adj. 1. (Of a person, animal or thing) recently come into being (the new car was shipped from the factory this morning). 2. (Of any thing) recently discovered (a new cure for cancer). 3. (Of a person or condition) changed from the former state (she has a new state of mind). 4. Unfamiliar; unaccustomed
A barrister who, being newly called to the bar, for at least three years must attend inn-of-court functions that are held during the long vacation.
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Concordia discordantium canonum (kon-kor-dee-[schwa] dis-kor-dan-shee-[ schwa]m k[schwa]-nohn-[schwa]m). [Latin “the harmony of the discordant canons”] Hist. A collection of eccle-siastical authorities compiled by Gratian, an Italian monk, ca. 1140. • Gratian analyzed questions of law by drawing conclusions from side-by-side comparisons of a variety of texts. Later canonist scholarship usu. pro-ceeded from Gratian’s work. — Also
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decreta (di-kree-t[schwa]), n. [Latin “decisions”] Roman law. Judgments of magistrates; esp., sentences pronounced by the emperor as the supreme judge. See DECRETUM. “Decreta. In Roman law decisions of magistrates given after investigation of a case by cognitio… and in particular, decisions of the emperor as judge of first instance after trial by cognitio, or as
novelty. 1. Trade secrets. The newness of information that is generally unused or unknown and that gives its owner a competitive advantage in a business field. • In the law of trade secrets, novelty does not require independent conception or even originality. A rediscovered technique with marketable applications can qualify as a novelty and be
direct-action statute. A statute that grants an injured party direct standing to sue an insurer instead of the insured tortfeasor. • Under Rhode Island’s direct-action statute, for example, an injured party may bring a direct action against an insurer when good-faith efforts to serve process on the insured are unsuccessful. These statutes exist in several
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nova statuta (noh-v[schwa] st[schwa]-t[y]oo-t[schwa]), n. pl.[Law Latin] Hist. New statutes. • This term refers to the statutes passed beginning with the reign of Edward III. Cf. VETERA STATUTA.