circumduct

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

circumduct (third-person singular simple present circumducts, present participle circumducting, simple past and past participle circumducted)

1. To revolve round an imaginary axis so as to describe a cone.
2. (obsolete) To lead about or astray.
3. (law, obsolete) To contravene; to nullify.

   to circumduct acts of judicature

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

• circumduction
• circumductory