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Subduct

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In English probate practice, to subduct a caveat is to withdraw it. SUBHASTARE (Lat.)

In the civil law. To sell at public auction, which was done sub hastn, under a spear; to put or sell under the spear. Calv. Lex. SUBHASTATIO (Lat.)

In the civil law. A sale by public auction, which was done under a spear, fixed up at the place of sale as a public sign of it. Calv. Lex. The Roman custom of setting up a spear at an auction seems to have been derived from the circumstance that at first only those things

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In English probate practice, to subduct a caveat is to withdraw it.