ancillary claim

ancillary claim
n. A claim that is auxiliary to, supplemental to, or dependant on another claim. For example, a claim against a physician who negligently prescribed an unsafe drug may be ancillary to a claim against the drug manufacturer who produced the medication.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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