Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go ...

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 113 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

ACCESSION (from See also:Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)  , in See also:law, a method of acquiring See also:property adopted from See also:Roman law, by which, in things that have a See also:close connexion with or dependence on one another, the property of the See also:principal draws after it the property of the See also:accessory, according to the principle, accessio cedet principali . See also:Accession may take See also:place either in a natural way, such as the growth of See also:fruit or the pregnancy of animals, or in an artificial way . The various methods may be classified as (I) See also:land to land by See also:accretion or See also:alluvion; (2) moveables to land (see See also:FIXTURES); (3) moveables to moveables; (4) moveables added to by the See also:art or See also:industry of See also:man; this may be by See also:specification, as when See also:wine is made out of grapes, or by confusion, or commixture, which is the mixing together of liquids or solids, respectively . In the See also:case of See also:industrial accession ownership is determined according as the natural or manufactured substance is of the more importance, and, in See also:general, See also:compensation is pay-able to the See also:person who has been dispossessed of his property . In a See also:historical or constitutional sense, the See also:term " accession " is applied to the coming to the See also:throne of a See also:dynasty or See also:line of sovereigns or of a single See also:sovereign . " Accession " sometimes likewise signifies consent or acquiescence .

End of Article: ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)
[back]
ACCESS (Lat. accessus)
[next]
ACCESSORY

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click and select "copy." Paste it into a website, email, or other HTML document.