circumduct

From Latin circumductus, past participle of circumducere (“to lead around”), from circum + ducere (“to lead”).

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

1. (anatomy) To move an extremity about an axis so that the distal end delineates a circle whilst the proximal end stays fixed.
2. (obsolete) To lead about or astray.
3. (law, obsolete) To contravene; to nullify.
   • 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon juris canonici Anglicani

     But Acts of Judicature may be cancelled and circumducted by the Will and Direction of the Judge

4. (law) Alternative form of circumduce (“to close a case to further proof”)

• circumduction
• circumductory