accession

One who knowingly takes the property of another cannot, by changing its form or increasing its value, or by commingling it with other property of his own, acquire title by accession.

To Property. The right to all which one's own property produces, whether that property be movable or immavable, includor artificially, as not to be readily separable. See 45 Vt. 4; 2 Kent, Comm. 360; 2 Bl. Comm. 404. See "Confusion of Goods." It is sometimes used in a narrower sense, as including only the acquirement by the owner of property of that which is added to or incorporated with it, as by the erection of additions to a building, the setting out of trees, etc., and in this sense is to be distinguished from "specification," which is the transformation of property into another species by the labor of another, as by the sawing of trees into lumber. See 2 Bl. Comm. 404. Distinction between "accession" and "confusion," see "Confusion of Goods." In International Law. The absolute or conditional acceptance, by one or several states, of a treaty already concluded between other sovereignties. Merlin, Repert.

The right to all which one's own property produces, whether that property be movable or immovable; and the right to that which is united to it by accession, either naturally or artificially. 2 Kent, 360 ; 2 Bl. Comm. 404. A principle derived from the civil law, by which the owner of property becomes entitled to all which it produces, and to all that is added or united to it, either naturally or artificially, (that is, by the labor or skill of another,) even where such addition extends to a change of form or materials; and by which, on the other hand, the possessor of property becomes entitled to it, as against the original owner, where the addition made to it by his skill and labor is of greater value than the property itself or where the change effected in its form is so great as to render it impossible to restore it to its original shape. Burrill. Bette v. Lee, 5 Johns. (N. Y.) 348, 4 Am. Dec. 368; Lampton v. Preston, 1 J. J. Marsh. (Ky.) 454, 19 Am. 'Dec. 104; Eaton v. Munroe, 52 Me. 63; Pulcifer v. Page, 32 Me. 404, 54 Am. Dec. 582.

In international law. The absolute or conditional acceptance by one or several states of a treaty already concluded between other sovereignties. Merl. Repert. Also the commencement or inauguration of a sovereign's reign.

A species of title consisting of a right to or property in a thing acquired by reason of its belonging to another thing, v. Accessio.

In Scots law. A deed of accession is a deed by the creditors of a bankrupt or insolvent debtor approving of a trust deed by the debtor for their benefit

DEED OF.

In Scotch law. A deed executed by the creditors of a bank- Tupt or insolvent debtor, by which they approve of a trust given by their debtor for the general behoof, and bind themselves to con- Accessorium non ducit, sed sequitur suum principale. Co. Litt. 152. That whieh is the accessory or incident does not lead, but follows, its principal. Accessorius sequitur naturam sui principalis. An accessary follows the nature of his principal. 3 Inst. 1389. One who ig accessary to a crime exnnot be guilty of a higher <legree of crime than his principal,

[Lat. accessio, q. v.] A species of title by which a person acquires a right to, or property in a thing, in consequence of its belonging to another thing; as by growing out of it, or being added to, or combined with it. See Accessio. A principle derived from the civil law, by which the owner of property becomes entitled to all which it produces, and to all that is added or united to it, either naturally or artificially, (that is, by the labor or skill of another,) even where such addition extends to a change of form or materials: and by which, on the other hand, the possessor of property becomes entitled to it, as against the original owner, where the addition made to it by his skill and labor, is of greater value than the property itself, or where the change effected in its form is so great as to render it impossible to restore it to its original shape. 2 Kent's Com. 360—366. Bract. fol. 9, 10. Code Civil, No. 546, 547. Civil Code of Louisiana, Art. 490. See Accessio.

The ownership of a thing, whether it be real or personal, moveable or immoveable carries with it the right to all that the thing produces, and to all that becomes united to it, either naturally or artificially; this is called the right of accession. 1. The doctrine of property arising from accession is grounded on the right of occupancy.—2. The original owner of any thing which receives an accession by natural or artificial means, as by the growth of ve etables, the pregnancy of animals; is. Code, art. 491; the embroidering of cloth, or the conversion of wood or metal into vessels or utensils, -is entitled by his right of possession to the property of it, under such its state of improvement; 5 H. 7, 15; 12 H. 8, 10; Bro. Ab. Propertie, 23; Moor, 20; Poph. 38. But the owner must be able to prove the identity of the original materials, for, if wine, oil, or bread, be made out of another man’s grapes, olives, or wheat, they belong to the new operator, who is bound to make satisfaction to the former proprietor for the materials which he has so converted. 2 Bl. Com. 404. See Adjunction. Confusion of Goods. See Generally, Louis. Code, tit. 2, c. 2 and 3.