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...]

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...]

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...]

To pronounce anathema upon; to pronounce accursed by ecclesiastical authority; to excommunicate. … [Read more...]

In the civil law. Repeated or doubled interest; compound interest; usury. Cod. 4, 32, 1, 30. … [Read more...]