AMBULATORY, a Term anciently applied to such Courts, &c. as were not fixed to any certain Place; but held sometimes in one Place, and sometimes in another. In opposition to Sedentary Courts. See COURT, and SEDENTARY. The Court of Parliament was anciently Ambulatory; so were the Courts of King’s Bench, &c. See PARLIAMENT, KING’S-BENCH, &c.
The Word is formed of the Latin ambulare, to walk. We sometimes also say, in a Moral Sense, a Man’s Will is Ambulatory, to the Time of his Death; meaning, that he has it always in his Power to revoke it.
AMBULATORY
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