Definition of Accessory Action

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Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Accessory Action
    Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    In Scotch practice. An action which is subservient or auxiliary to another. Of this kind are actions of "proving the tenor," by which lost deeds are restored; and actions of "fran-surnpts," by which copies of principal deeds are certified. Bell, Diet.