Novel
Novel , adjective
[Old French novel, nuvel, French nouvel, nouveau, Latin novellus, dim. of novus new. See New.]
Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising.
In civil law, the novel or new constitutions are those which are supplemental to the code, and posterior in time to the other books. These contained new decrees of successive emperors.
Collocations (1)
Novel assignment (Law) , a new assignment or specification of a suit.
Novel , noun
[French nouvelle. See Novel, a.]
1.
That which is new or unusual; a novelty.
2.
News; fresh tidings. [Obsolete]
Some came of curiosity to hear some novels.
3.
A fictitious tale or narrative, longer than a short story, having some degree of complexity and development of characters; it is usually organized as a time sequence of events, and is commonly intended to exhibit the operation of the passions, and often of love. — Dryden
4.
(Law) A new or supplemental constitution. See the Note under Novel, a.