accession
accession 1. a doctrine of English law by which a person is held to be responsible for a crime even although he is not the principal actor. An accessory before the fact is someone who procures, counsels, com- mands or abets it. An accessory after the fact assists the principal by harbouring him or assisting him to get away. A person who actually is present but does not commit the act is not an accessory but a prin- cipal in the second degree. Accession after the fact is not generally accepted in Scotland, although it has been imposed by statute in cases of TREASON.5
accession agreements
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2. the doctrine of the Roman and Scots law of property that declares that the owner of a thing becomes the owner of any subsidiary thing that becomes attached to it. A door stuck to a house becomes the property of the house owner.
3. succeeding to the throne as monarch. See also ACCESSION AGREEMENTS.
- deodand
- Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
- dependant
- dependent territory
- de plano
- deponent
- deportation
- deportation order
- deposit
- deposition
- de praesenti
- depreciation
- de recenti statements
- deregulation
- derogation
- descent
- description
- description, implied term
- desertion
- designs
- destination over
- detention
- detinue
- detournement de pouvoir
- deviation