Charter of novodamus

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

Source

The Oxford Companion to Law, ed David Walker, 1978, page 894

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