Circumvention
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In Scotch law. Any act of fraud whereby a person is reduced to a deed by decreet. Tech. Diet. It has the same sense in the civil law. Dig. 50. 17. 49. 155; Id. 12. 6. 6. 2; Id. 41. 2. 34.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
(Scotch) Fraud or deceit.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Scotch law. Any act of fraud whereby a person is reduced to a deed by decreet. It has the same sense in the civil law. Dig. 50, 17, 49, 155. And see Oregon v. Jennings, 119 In S. 74, 7 Sup. Ct. 124, 30 L. Ed. 323.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Deceit; fraud; stratagem; imposition.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Scotch law. Any act of fraud whereby a person is reduced toa deed by decreet. It has the same sense in the civillaw. Dig. 50, 17, 49, 155.