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Webster 1913 Edition


Circumduct

Cirˊcum-duct′

,
Verb.
T.
[L.
circumductus
, p. p. of
circumducere
to lead around;
circum + ducere
to lead.]
1.
To lead about; to lead astray.
[R.]
2.
(Law)
To contravene; to nullify;
as, to
circumduct
acts of judicature
.
[Obs.]
Ayliffe.

Webster 1828 Edition


Circumduct

CIRCUMDUCT

,
Verb.
T.
To contravene; to nullify; a term of civil law.

Definition 2024


circumduct

circumduct

English

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To lead about or astray.
  2. (law, obsolete) To contravene; to nullify.
    to circumduct acts of judicature
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