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

She did not know what avizandum meant in the least.

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

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)

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

Then another man knelt and presented a petition, which was taken to "avizandum."

From The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)

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