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deductio

deductio, a leading away, conducting off

dēductĭo, ōnis, f. [deduco], a leading away, leading on, in accordance with the different acceptations of the primitive word.
  • I Lit.
    • A In gen.: rivorum a fonte, a leading or conducting off, Cic. Top. 8, 33; cf.: Albanae aquae, id. Div. 1, 44 fin.—
    • B In partic.
      • 1 A leading forth, transplanting of colonies, a colonizing: quae erit in istos agros deductio? Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16; id. ib. 2, 34: militum in oppida, id. Phil. 2, 25, 62: oppidorum, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 139.—
      • 2 A leading away of the bride: sponsae in domum mariti, Dig. 23, 2, 5.—
      • 3 An escorting, a conducting safely, Ambros. de Jacob. 2, 1, 4.—
      • 4 A putting out of possession, ejection, expulsion: ibi tum Caecinam postulasse, ut moribus deductio fieret, Cic. Caecin. 10, 27. —
      • 5 A deduction, diminution, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 10, 32; id. Verr. 2, 3, 78: HERES SINE DEDVCTIONE XX., i. e. vicesimarum, Inscr. Orell. 3041; cf. vicesimus. So, sine deductione, without deduction, Sen. Ben. 2, 4; id. Ep. 58.—
  • II Trop.: ex hac deductione rationis, from this course of reasoning, Cic. Inv. 1, 14.

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