ACCESS (

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• LAT

Lat. accessus)  , approach, or the means of approaching . In law, the word is used in various connexions . The presumption of a child's legitimacy is negatived if it be proved that a husband has not had access to his wife within such a period of time as would admit of his being the father . (See LEGITIMACY.) In the law of easements, every person who has land adjoining a public road or a public navigable river has a right of access to it from his land . So, also, every person has a right of access to air and light from an ancient window . For the right of access of parents to children under the guardianship of the court, see INFANT .