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ANCIENTY

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Eldership; seniority. Used in the statute of Ireland, 14 Hen. VIII. Cowell. … [Read more...]

ANARCHY

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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...]

ANCILLARY

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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...]

ANATHEMA

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An ecclesiastical punishment by which a person is separated from the body of the church, and forbidden all intercourse with the members of the same. … [Read more...]

ANCILLARY ADMINISTRATION

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A probate court proceeding that takes place in a jurisdiction other than the one within which the deceased person resided in at time of death. Typically this will occur with regard to property located in another state where a probate proceeding with transfer the property to the beneficiary. … [Read more...]

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