Ancienty

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.