Provisional Remedies:

Provisional remedies are writs and processes available during the pendency of the action which may be resorted to by a litigant to preserve and protect certain rights and interests therein pending rendition, and for purposes of the ultimate effects, of a final judgment in the case. They are provisional because they constitute temporary measures availed of during the pendency of the action, and they are ancillary because they are mere incidents in and are dependent upon the result of the main action. 

           Provisional remedies are not main actions. They are merely ancillary actions attached to the main or general action. They are in aid of the principal action and cannot exist independently of the principal action. The purpose of provisional remedies is to preserve or protect the rights or interests of the parties during the pendency of the principal action.

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