NOVELLZ LEONIS
Categories: Procedure
Definition (1910 Edition)
of Edward III. It consists principally of declarations, as the titie imports; but there are sometimes pleas and subsequent pleadings. The Articuli ad Novas Narrationes is usually subjoined to this little book, and-is a small treatise on the method of pleading. It first treats of actions and courts, and then goes through each particular writ; and the dedaration upon it, accompanied with directions, and illustrated by precedents. 3 Reeve, Eng. Law, 152; Wharton.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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