NOVI OPERIS NUNCIATIO
\nˈə͡ʊvi ˈɒpəɹˌɪs nˌʌnsɪˈe͡ɪʃɪˌə͡ʊ], \nˈəʊvi ˈɒpəɹˌɪs nˌʌnsɪˈeɪʃɪˌəʊ], \n_ˈəʊ_v_i_ ˈɒ_p_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_s n_ˌʌ_n_s_ɪ__ˈeɪ_ʃ_ɪ__ˌəʊ]\
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Lat. Denunciation of, or protest against, a new work. This was a species of remedy in the civil law, available to a person who thought his rights or his property were threatened with injury by the act of his neighber in erecting or demolishing any structure, (which was called a "new work." In such ease, he might go upon the ground, while the work was in progress, and publicly protest against or forbid its completion, in the presence of the workmen or of the owner or his repre- sentative.
By Henry Campbell Black