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In English law. Gentlemen of the inns of court and chancery. In Gray's Inn the society consists of benchers, ancients, barristers, and students under the bar; and here the ancients are of the oldest barristers. In the Middle Temple, those who had passed their readings used to be termed "ancients." The Inns of Chancery consist of ancients and students or clerks; from the … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
One who professes and advocates the doctrines of anarchy, q. v. And see Cerveny v. Chicago Daily News Co., 139 111. 345, 28 N. E. 692, 13 L. R. A. 864; United States v. Williams, 194 U. S. 279, 24 Sup. Ct. 719, 48 L. Ed. 979. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Eldership; seniority. Used in the statute of Ireland, 14 Hen. VIII. Cowell. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
The absence of all political government; by extension, it signifies confusion in government. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition The destruction of government; lawlessness; the absence of all political government; by extension, confusion in government. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Aiding; auxiliary; attendant upon ; subordinate; a proceeding attendant upon or which aids another proceeding considered as principal. Steele v. Insurance Co., 31 App. Div. 389, 52 N. Y. Supp. 873. Ancillary administration. When a decedent leaves property in a foreign state, (a state other than that of his domicile,) administration may be granted in such foreign state for the … [Read more...]