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Definition of Circuity
1. n. A going round in a circle; a course not direct; a roundabout way of proceeding.
Definition of Circuity
1. Noun. A circuitous plan; a roundabout way of doing something ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Circuity
1. lack of straightforwardness [n -ITIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Circuity
Literary usage of Circuity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Equity: An Analysis and Discussion of Modern Equity Problems, with Notes on by George Luther Clark (1920)
"Covenant not to sue—circuity of action. Where the only promise made by the
defendant is a negative one, the question whether equity will give specific ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1844)
"... or his creditors; and such tacking is allowed as against the hen- of the
mortgagor, merely to prevent circuity of action. Adams v. Claxton, 6 Ves. ..."
3. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1907)
"The defence which rests on the ground of circuity of action applies only to causes
of action between the same parties. LORD BROUGHAM : Allow me to ask ..."
4. A Selection of Leading Cases in Equity: With Notes by Horace Binney Wallace, Frederick Thomas White, John Innes Clark Hare, Owen Davies Tudor (1876)
"... is to prevent a circuity of action against persons in whose hands the equity
of redemption of the mortgaged properties were assets for the payment of ..."
5. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Evidence, and Digest of Proofs, in Civil by Thomas Starkie (1891)
"... or 1ms been rescinded (o) ; waived (p) ; or suspended (</) ; or that the
recovery would occasion circuity. That the performance became impossible, ..."
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