avizandum

British  

/ ˌævɪˈzændəm /

noun

1. Scots law Compare CAV

   1. a judge's or court's decision to consider a case privately before giving judgment

   2. a judge's or court's private consideration of a case before giving judgment

   3. the period during which judgment is delayed in these circumstances. A judge or court makes avizandum when time is needed to consider arguments or submissions made

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Etymology

Origin of avizandum

from Medieval Latin, from avizare to consider; see _advise

Example Sentences

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avizandum

The Ordinary not chusing to judge it at random Did with the minutes make avizandum.

From Law and Laughter by Morton, George A. (George Alexander)

"That's a matter we might well take to avizandum, I think."

From The Prodigal Father by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)

To leave a thing in half lights, in compromise, to take it, as the legal phrase of the country of his ancestors has it, ad avizandum, was to Macaulay abhorrent and impossible.

From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by Saintsbury, George

She did not know what avizandum meant in the least.

From The Prodigal Father by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)

To make avizandum is to remove a cause from the public court to the private consideration of the judge.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis by Various