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ANDROCHIA. In old English law. A dairy-woman. Fleta, lib. 2, c 87. ANDROGYNUS. An hermaphrodite ANDROLEPSY. The taking by one na tion of the citizens or subjects of another, in order to compel the latter to do justice to the former. Wolffius, § 1164; Moll, de Jure Mar. 26. ANECH7S. L. Lat. Spelled also cesnecius, enitius, ceneas, eneyus. The eldest-born; the first-born; senior, as contrasted with the puis-ne, (younger.) Spelman. ANGARIA. A term used in the Roman law to denote a forced or compulsory service exacted by the government for public pur poses ; as a forced rendition of labor or goods for the public service. See Dig. 50, 4, 18, 4. In maritime law. A forced service, (on us,) imposed on a vessel for public purposes; an impressment of a vessel. Locc. de Jure Mar. lib. 1, c. 5, §§ 1-6. In feudal law. Any troublesome or vex atious personal service paid by the tenant to his lord. Spelman. ANGEL. An ancient English coin, of the value of ten shillings sterling. Jacob. ANGER. A strong passion of the mind excited by real or supposed injuries; not synonymous with "heat of passion," "malice," or "rage or resentment," because these are all terms of wider import and may include anger as an element or as an incipient stage. Chandler v. State, 141 Ind. 106, 39 N. E. 444; Hoffman v. State, 97 Wis. 571, 73 N. W. 51; Eanes v. State, 10 Tex. App. 421, 446. The single value of a man or other thing; a single were gild; the compensation of a thing according to its single value or estimation. Spelman. The double gild or compensation was called "twigild," the triple, "trigild" etc. Id. ANGLESCHERIA. In old English law. Englishery; the fact of being an English man. Anglise jura in omni casu libertatis dant favorem. The laws of England in every case of liberty are favorable, (favor liberty in all cases.) Fortes, c. 42. ANGLICE. In English. A term formerly used in pleading when a thing is described both in Latin and English, inserted immedi ately after the Latin and as an introduction of the English translation. ANGLO-INDIAN. An Englishman domi ciled in the Indian territory of the British crown. ANGUISH. Great or extreme pain, ag ony, or distress, either of body or mind; but, AN GILD. In t Saxon law.

merly regarded as of great authority in law. Litt. ! 481: Co. Litt. 280.—Ancient rent. The rent reserved at the time the lease was made, if the building was not then under lease. Orby v. Lord Mohun, 2 Vern. 542 —Ancient serjeant. In English law. The eldest of the queen's Serjeants.—Ancient wall. A wall built to be used, and in fact used, as a party wall, for more than twenty years, by the ex press permission and continuous acquiescence of the owners of the land on which it stands. Eno v. Del Vecchio, 4 Duer (N. Y.) 53, 63.—An cient water-conrse. A water-course is "an cient" if the channel through which it naturally runs has existed from time immemorial inde pendent of the quantity of water which it dis charges. Earl v. De Hart, 12 N. J. Eq. 280. 72 Am. Dec. 395.—Ancient writings. Wills, deeds, or other documents upwards of thirty years old These are presumed to be genuine without express proof, when cqming from the proper custody. Gentle men 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 ancients a principal or treasurer Is chosen yearly. Wharton. Eldership; seniority. Used in the statute of Ireland, 14 Hen. VIII. Cowell. ANCILLARY. Aiding; auxiliary; at tendant upon ; subordinate; a proceeding at tendant upon or which aids another proceed ing considered as principal. Steele v. Insur ance Co., 31 App. Div. 389, 52 N. Y. Supp. 873. —Ancillary administration. When a dece dent leaves property in a foreign state, (a state other than that of his domicile,) admin istration may be granted in such foreign state for the purpose of collecting the assets and paying the debts there, and bringing the resi due into the general administration. This is called "ancillarv" (auxiliary, subordinate) ad ministration. Pisano v. Shanley Co., 66 N. J. Law, 1, 48 Atl. 61S; In re Gable's Estate, 79 Iowa, 178, 44 N. W. 352. 9 L. R A. 218: Steele v. Insurance Co., supra —Ancillary attach ment. One sued out in aid of an action al ready brought, its only office being to hold the property attached under it for the satisfaction of the plaintiffs demand Templeton v. Mason, 107 Tenn. 625, 65 S. W. 25; Southern Cali fornia Fruit Exeh. v. Stamm, 9 N. M. 361. 54 Pac. 345.—Ancillary bill or suit. One growing out of and .auxiliary to another action or suit, either at law or in equity, such as a bill for discovery, or a proceeding for the enforce ment of a judgment, or to set aside fraudulent transfers of property. Coltrane v. Templeton, 106 Fed. 370, 45 C C. A. 328: In re Williams, (D. O) 123 Fed 321; Claflin v. McDermott (G. C.) 12 Fed. 375. ANCIPITIS USUS. Lat. In internation al law. Of doubtful use; the use of whieh Is doubtful; that may be used for a civil or peaceful, as well as military or warlike, pur pose. Gro. de Jure B. lib. 3, c 1, § 5, subd. 8; 1 Kent, Conim. 140. ANCIENTS. In English law. ANCIENT Y.