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...] about ANCIENTS
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ANARCHIST
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...] about ANARCHIST
ANCIENTY
Eldership; seniority. Used in the statute of Ireland, 14 Hen. VIII. Cowell. … [Read more...] about ANCIENTY
ANARCHY
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...] about ANARCHY
ANCILLARY
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...] about ANCILLARY