: the substitution of a new legal obligation for an old one
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The contract novation will be subject to the consent of FSA.—Adam S. Minsky, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021 That new student loan servicer — which collects student loan payments and manages customer service for student loans — may be a company called Maximus, with whom Navient signed a novation agreement to transfer servicing.—Zack Friedman, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2021 Under the rules in six large EU member states analysed by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA), a global trade body, novations and compressions would be considered regulated activities.—The Economist, 12 Oct. 2017
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Etymology
borrowed from Latin novātiōn-, novātiō, from novāre "to make new, renew, replace an existing legal obligation with a new one" (derivative of novus "new") + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at new entry 1
: the substitution by mutual agreement of one obligation for another with or without a change of parties and with the intent to extinguish the old obligation
no evidence that the contract was assigned, or that there was a novation—Boccardi v. Horn Constr. Corp., 612 N.Y.S.2d 180 (1994)
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