Ancillary in United Kingdom

Meaning of Ancillary

The following is an old definition of Ancillary [1]: Auxiliary;subordinate; incidental; additional. The king’s court is not ancillary to any other. Thus also are or may be related – one constitutional power to another; implied powers in a corporation; a writ ot certiorari to a writ of habeas corpus; a capias originally, to a summons, judgment or decree, to secure obedience or enforcement; a sequestration to preserve from waste movables on mortgaged property; a commission to aid the court by hearing and report; one bill in equity to another bill; an attachment to another proceeding; an action in aid of an execution at law to the original suit; an act toward the performance of an agreement; 0 an administration (see, in this resource, the term) subordinate to another; 1 parol testimony in some relations; 2 an outbuilding, to a dwelling- house; a statute, to a constitutional amendment. 9

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Notes and References

1. Concept of Ancillary provided by the Anderson Dictionary of Law (1889) (Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims and an Exposition of the Principles of Law: Comprising a Dictionary and Compendium of American and English Jurisprudence; William C. Anderson; T. H. Flood and Company, Law Publishers, Chicago, United States)