Circumduction

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Circumduction \Cir`cum*duc"tion\, n. [L. circumductio.]
     1. A leading about; circumlocution. [R.] --Hooker.
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     2. An annulling; cancellation. [R.] --Ayliffe.
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     3. (Physiol.) The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis,
        so as to describe a conical surface.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  circumduction
       n : a circular movement of a limb or eye

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CIRCUMDUCTION, Scotch law. A term applied to the time allowed for bringing 
  proof of allegiance, which being elapsed, if either party sue for 
  circumduction of the time of proving, it has the effect that no proof can 
  afterwards be brought; and the cause must be determined as it stood when 
  circumduction was obtained. Tech. Dict.