A mode of
acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which
receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or
thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a
different species). Thus, the owner of a cow becomes the owner of her
calf.
The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an
office, or dignity; as, the accession of the house of Stuart; --
applied especially to the epoch of a new dynasty.
The invasion, approach, or
commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
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