NOVELS

(Lat. novelloe const i tut i ones, new constitution.)In the Roman Law, supplementary constitutions of some emperors, so called because they appeared after the authentic publications of law made by them. Those of Just in i an are the best known, and are commonly understood when the general term is used. The Novels, together with the Code and Digest, form the whole body of law which pa es under the name of that emperor. 836 [s. 850]