Ambulatory

[L. Lat. ambulatorius, q. v.] That which moves, or may be moved about; moveable; not fixed or stationary. The court of King's Bench in England was formerly called an ambulatory court, because it followed the king's person, and was held sometimes in one place and sometimes in another. So, in France, the supreme court or parliament was originally ambulatory.

3 Bl. Com. 38, 39, 41.

1 Robertson's Charles V., Appendix, note xxiii. That which may be changed or altered; not fixed in its legal character. The will of a testator is said to be ambulatory until death. See Ambulatorius. The return of a sheriff has been said to be ambulatory until it is filed.

Wilmot, J., 3 Burr. 1644.