Adminicle
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Scotch Law. Any writing or deed introduced for the purpose of proof of the tenor of a lost deed to which it refers. Ersk. Inst. lib.
4, tit. 1, § 55; Stair, Inst. lib. 4, tit. 32, §§ 6, 7.
In English Law. Aid; support.
St. 1 Edw. IV. e. 1.
In Civil Law. Imperfect proof. Merlin, Repert. ADMINICULAR (from adminiculum, q. v.) Auxiliary to. "The murder would be adminicular to the robbery," i. e., committed to accomplish it.
Story, J., 3 Mason (U. S.) 121.