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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. … [Read more...] about CIRCUMDUCTION

An arithmetical character, used for numerical notation. By cipher is also understood a mode of secret writing. Public ministers and other public agents frequently use ciphers in their correspondence, and it is sometimes very useful so to correspond in times of war. A key is given to each minister before his departure, namely, the cipher for writing ciphers, (chiffre chiffrant,) … [Read more...] about CIPHER

The title of a statute passed 13 Edw. I. A. D. 1285, and so called from the initial words of it, the object of which was to ascertain the boundaries of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in some particulars, or, In other words, to regulate the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical and temporal courts. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 215, 216. … [Read more...] about CIRCUMSPECTE AGATIS

An old English law term for the stocks, an instrument in which the wrists or ankles of petty offenders were confined. … [Read more...] about CIPPI