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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 . |
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