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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
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,