Ancienty
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Eldership; seniority. Used in St. Ir. 14 Hen. VIII. Cowell. ANCILLARY (Lat. ancilla, a handmaid). Auxiliary; subordinate.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Eldership; seniority. Used in the statute of Ireland, 14 Hen. VIII; Cowel. ANCILLARY (Lat ancilla, a handmaid). Auxiliary, subordinate. As it Is beneath the dignity of the king's courts to be merely ancillary to other inferior jurisdictions, the cause, when once brought there, receives its final determination; 3 Bla. Com. 98. Used of deeds, and also of an administration of an estate taken out in the place where assets are situated, which is subordinate to the principal administration, which is that of the domicil; 1 Story, Eq. Jur. 13th ed. § 583. See Administration. And in the same way in the case of receiverships. See Receiver. ANCIPITIS USUS (Lat). Of use for various purposes. As it is impossible to ascertain the final use of an article ancipitis usus, it is not an injurious rule which deduces the final use from its immediate destination; 1 Kent 140.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Seniority of rank.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Eldership; seniority. Used in the statute of Ireland, 14 Hen. VII1. Cowell.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Fr. anciennete.] In old English law. Seniority, or esnecy, (q. v.) Stat. Hibern. 14 Hen. III. Cowell.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
tn the English law, aterm for eldership or seniority used in the statute of Ireland, 14 Hen. 8.