INCIDENT, in Law, is a thing appertaining to or fol-
lowing another which is principal. A court baron is inse-
parably incident to a manor, and a court of pie-powders to
a fair.
Incident Diligence, in Scotch Law, a warrant granted
by a lord ordinary in the Court of Session, for citing wit-
nesses for proving any point, or for production of any
writing necessary for preparing the cause for a final de-
termination, or before it goes to a general proof.