CT · jury_instructions
Conn. Civ. Jury Instr. 4.2-19
Defense - Novation
The defendant claims that (he/she/it) is not liable to the plaintiff under the contract because the
plaintiff agreed that <insert name of new debtor> would take over the defendant's obligations
under the contract. This substitution is called a novation. In order to prove a novation, the
defendant must prove:
1. that the plaintiff has accepted <insert name of new debtor> in the place of the defendant
as the person liable to the plaintiff under the contract; and
2. that the plaintiff has agreed to a discharge of the defendant's obligation to (him/her/it).
Provenance
- Source
- jud.ct.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-23
- Edition
- 2026-08-23
- Content hash
631a756682765ce5c53290c3584c8e61e99a76f52b6dce75fa2ee82e566fc786
The link goes to the issuing authority’s own document — the one we read to produce this record. Where a source publishes whole titles rather than sections, your browser may need a moment to jump to the provision.
Unofficial copy of government-published law, reproduced from official sources with full provenance. Not an official publication; verify against official sources before relying on it in a filing. Records in the 'guidance' corpus, and only that corpus, are sub-regulatory (interpretive guidelines, survey procedures) and are not binding law. Validity bounds follow each jurisdiction's declared temporalBasis.