v. [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 center; = CIRCUMDUCT 1.
1578. Banister, Hist. Man, I. 19. The head is not circumduced by the articulation of the head with the first Vertebre.
1656. trans. 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.
