Accession

DEED OF.

In Scotch law. A deed executed by the creditors of a bankrupt or insolvent debtor, by which they approve of a trust given by their debtor for the general behoof, and bind themselves to concur in the plans proposed for extricating his affairs. Bell, Diet. ACCESSORIUM NON DUCIT SED SEQUItur suum princlpale. The principal draws after it the accessory, not the accessory the principal. Co. Litt. 152a, 389a; 5 El. Bl. 772; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 433. Literally, the accessory does not draw, but follows, its principal. ACCESSORIUS SEQUITUR NATURAM sul principalis. An accessory follows the nature of his principal. Coke, 3d Inst. 139; 4 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 36; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 440.