To bring a formal charge against a person, to the effect that he is guilty of a crime or punishable offense, be-fore a court or magistrate having jurisdlc-tlon to inquire Into the alleged crime. Peo-ple v. Frey, 112 Mich. 251, 70 N. W. 548; People v. Braman, 30 Mich. 460; Castle v. Houston, 19 Kan. 426, 27 Am. Rep. 127; Gordon v. State, 102 Ga. 673. 29 S. E. 444; Pen. Code Texas, 1895, art. 240
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That which accu-mulates, or is heaped up; additional. Sald of several thlngs heaped together, or of one thing added to another
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A formal charge against a person, to the effect that he is guilty of a punishable offense, laid before a court or magistrate having jurisdiction to inquire Into the alleged crime. See Accuse
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In stat-utes relative to the taxation of corporations
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when an executor or other trustee masses the rents, dividends, and other income which he receives, treats it as a capital, invests lt, makes a new capital of the income derived therefrom, invests that, and so on, he is said to accumulate the fund, and the capital and accrued Income thus procured constitute accumulations. Hussey v. Sargent, 116 Ky. 53, 75 S. W. 211; In re Rogers’ Estate, 179 Pa. 609, 36 AtL 340; Thorn v. De Bretenll, 86 App. Dlv. 405, 83 N. Y. Supp. 849
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Inchoate; in process of maturing. That which will or may, at a future time, ripen Into a vested right, an available demand, or an existing cause of action. Cochran v. Taylor, 13 ohio St 382
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An abbreviation for “account,” of such universal and immemorial use that the courts will tnke judicial notice of its meaning. IIeaton v. Ain ley, 108 Iowa, 112, 78 N. W. 798
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To grow to; to be added to; to attach itself to; as a subordinate or acces-sory claim or demand arises out of, and is joined to, its principal; thus, costs accrue to a judgment, and interest to the principal debt
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An express clause, frequently occurring in the case of gifts hy deed or will to persons as tenants in common, providing that upon the death of one or more of the beneficiaries his or their shares shall go to the survivor or sur-vivore. Brown. The share of the decedent to then said to accrue to the others
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To encroach; to exercise power without due authority
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Fr. In French law. To delay; retard; put off. Accrochcr un proems, to stay the proceedings in a suit
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In the civil and old English law. To grow to; to pass to, and become united with, as soil to land per al-luvionem. Dig. 41, 1, 30, pr
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The act of growing to a thing; usually applled to the gradual and Imperceptible accumulation of land by nat-ural causes, as out of the Bea or a river. Accretion of land is of two kinds: By alluvion, i. e., by the washing up of sand or soil, so as to form firm ground; or by dereliction, as when the sea shrinks below the usual water-mark
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In International law. (1) To receive as an envoy in hls public charac-ter, and give him credit and rank accord-ingly. Burke. (2) To send with credentials as an envoy, webst Dict
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L. Lat in old records. To purge an offense hy oath. Blount; whishaw
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The making up and rendition of an account, either voluntarily or by order of a court Buxton v. Edwards, 134 Mass. 567, 578. May Include payment of the amount due. Pyatt v. Pyatt, 46 N. J. Eq. 285, 18 Atl. 1048
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or AC-COMPTANT GENERAL. An officer of the court of chancery, appointed by act of
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A book kept by a merchant, trader, mechanic, or other person, In which are entered from time to time the transactions of hls trade or business. Such books, when regularly kept, may be admitted in evidence. Greenl. Ev. §§ 115-118
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Subject to pay; re-sponsIble; Hable, where' one Indorsed a note “A. C. accountable,” it was held that, under thfs form of Indorsement, he had waived demand and notice. Furber v. Cav-erly, 42 N. H. 74
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A detailed statement of the mutual demands in the nature of debt and credit between parties, arising out of con
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Fr.. and Eng. Agree-ing; concurring. "Baron Parker, accord-ant" IIardr. 93; "Holt, C. J., accordant" 6 Mod. 299; “Powys, J., accord," “Powell, J., accord," Id. 298
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