Circuitus Est Evitandus
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Circuity is to be avoided. Co. Litt. 384a; Smith, Lead. Cas. (4th Am. Ed.) 20; Wingate, Max. 179; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 309; 5 Coke, 34; 15 Mees. & W. 208; 5 Exch. 829. CIRCUITUS EST EVITANDUS; ET BONr Judices est lites dirlmere, ne lis ex lite oria. tur. Circuity is to be avoided; and it is the duty of a good judge to determine litigations, lest one lawsuit arise out of another. 5 Coke, 31.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Circuity is to be avoided.