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Accessory Action

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

In Scotch practice. An action which is subservient or auxiliary to another. Of this kind are actions of "proving the tenor," by which lost deeds are restored; and actions of "fran-surnpts," by which copies of principal deeds are certified. Bell, Diet.