noun, plural yeomen. 1. a petty officer in a navy, having chiefly clerical duties in the U.S. Navy. 2. British. a farmer who cultivates his own land. 3. History/Historical. one of a class of lesser freeholders, below the gentry, who cultivated their own land, early admitted in England to political rights.
Ancillary Probate. An ancillary probate is a proceeding when a person dies with property in. more than one state or dies in one state with property in another. Our. office can help in all ancillary probate situations.
Ancillary Jurisdiction Law and Legal Definition. Ancillary jurisdiction allows a particular claim or party to be joined to an action without an independent jurisdictional basis. Ancillary jurisdiction may be exercised in the case of compulsory counterclaims, impleader of third parties, interpleader, and intervention as of right.