circumduce, v.
(sɜːkəmˈdjuːs)
[ad. L. circumdūc-ĕre to lead around; (as law term) to annul.]
† 1. trans. To carry or move round; to cause to turn round an axis or centre; = circumduct 1.
| 1578 Banister Hist. Man i. 19 The head is not circumduced by the articulation of the head with the first Vertebre. 1656 tr. Hobbes' Elem. Philos. (1839) 183 A plane may be circumduced about a strait line..as the axis of that motion. 1657 Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 60 Which we hold..and circumduce it this way and that way. |
2. Sc. Law. To declare (the term) elapsed for leading a proof.
| 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. Act K. Robert I, 25 He sall tine the benefite of probation (and the terme salbe circumduced agains him). 1754 Erskine Princ. Sc. Law (1809) 477 An interlocutor is pronounced, circumducing the term, and precluding him from bringing evidence thereafter. 1815 Scott Guy M. l, I have allowed you a competent space to express your feelings. I must circumduce the term. |