Circumduction
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In Scotch law. A closing of the period for lodging papers or doing any other act required in a cause. Paters. Comp.
— Circumduction of the term. In Scotch practice. The sentence of a judge, declaring the time elapsed within which a proof ought to have been led, and precluding the party from bringing forward any further evidence. Bell.