Accession

[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.

See Accessio.