circumduct meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

circumduct

verb

Etymology From Latin circumductus, past participle of circumducere (“to lead around”), from circum + ducere (“to lead”).

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences To move an extremity about an axis so that the distal end delineates a circle whilst the proximal end stays fixed.

Obsolete To lead about or astray.

Law Obsolete To contravene; to nullify.

But Acts of Judicature may be cancelled and circumducted by the Will and Direction of the Judge1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC:

Law Alternative Alternative form of circumduce (“to close a case to further proof”).