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As an element 1n numerous compound terms and phrases o_f the law, this word may denote novelty, or the condition of being· previously unknown or of recent or fresh origin, but ordinarily It is a purely relative term and is employed in contrasting the date, origin, or character of one thing with the corresponding attributes of another thing of the same kind or cla . -New and useful, The phrase used 1n,the patent laws to describe the two qualities of an invention or discovery which are e ential to make it patentable, viz., novelty, or the con• ditfon of. having been previously unknown, and practical utility. See In re Gould, 1 Mac Arthur (D. C.) 410;.A.dams V, Turner, 73 Conn. 38, 46.A.tl. 247; Lowell v. Lewis, 1 Mason, 182", Fed, Cas. No. 8,568.-New a ets. In the law governing the administration of estates, this term denotes a ets coming into the h1111ds of an ·executor or administrator after· the ex; piration of the time when, by statute, claims against the estate are barred so far as regards recourse,against the a ets with which. -he was originally charged. See Little field v. EatoJJ,. 74 Me. 521; Cheneey. v. Webster, s· Allen· (Ma .) 77 i Robinson •• B~e. 117 Mas& [s. 822]