Avizandum

Avizandum (late Lat. avizare, 'to consider,' 'to advise') formerly meant the report of a cause made by a Lord Ordinary to the Inner House of the Court of Session, when all causes were decided by the Inner House, and merely sent to the Ordinary for procedure. This practice survives only in the case of five different kinds of action. The word is also applied to the consideration which the Lord Ordinary now gives to a cause before pronouncing judgment. It is also used when a sheriff or other judge takes a case for private consideration outside the Court, and delays judgment.