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dēductĭo, ōnis, f. [deduco], a leading away, leading on, in accordance with the different acceptations of the primitive word.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: rivorum a fonte, a leading or conducting off, Cic. Top. 8, 33; cf.: Albanae aquae, id. Div. 1, 44 fin.
    2. B. In partic.
      1. 1. A leading forth, transplanting of colonies, a colonizing: quae erit in istos agros deductio? Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16; ib. 2, 34: militum in oppida, id. Phil. 2, 25, 62: oppidorum, Plin. 2, 52, 53, § 139.
      2. 2. A leading away of the bride: sponsae in domum mariti, Dig. 23, 2, 5.
      3. 3. An escorting, a conducting safely, Ambros. de Jacob. 2, 1, 4.
      4. 4. A putting out of possession, ejection, expulsion: ibi tum Caecinam postulasse, ut moribus deductio fieret, Cic. Caecin. 10, 27.
      5. 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.
  2. II. Trop.: ex hac deductione rationis, from this course of reasoning, Cic. Inv. 1, 14.