The act of a woman in giving birth to a child. The fact of the accouchement, proved by a person who wns present, is often important evidence in prov-ing the parentage of a person
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In criminal law. A person who knowingly, voluntarily, and with common intent with the principal offender unites in the commission of a crime. Clapp y. State, 94 Tenn. 186, 30 S. W. 214; People v. Bolanger, 71 Cal. 17, 11 Pac. 799; State v. Urnble, 115 Mo. 452. 22 S. AV. 378 ; Car-roll v. State, 45 Ark. 539; State v. Light, IT 6r. 358, 21 Pac. 132
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Land bought by a builder or speculator, who erects houses thereon, and then leases portions thereof upon an improved ground-rent
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An arrangement or engagement made as a favor to another, not upon a consideration received; sorne
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In maritime law. A contract between tbe owner of goods and the master of a ship, by which the former In-trusts the property to the latter to be sold by him on their joint account
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In Spanish law. A rlght of action; also the method of judicial pro-cedure for the recovery of property or a debt. Escrlche, Dic. Leg. 49
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To pay relief to lords of manors. Capitali domino accipitare, i. e., to pay a relief, homage, or obedience to the chief lord on becoming his vassal. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 50
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An unforeseen event, oc-curriog without the will or design of the person whose mere act causes lt; an unex-pected, unusual, or undesigned occurrence; the effect of an unknown cause, or, the cause being known, an unprecedented consequence of lt; a casualty. Burkhard v. Travelers’ Ins. Co., 102 Pa. 262, 48 Am. Rep. 205; ..Etna L. Ins. Co. v. Vandecar, 86 Fed. 282, 30 C. C. A. 48; Carnes v. Iowa Traveling Men’s Ass’n, 106 Iowa, 281, 76 N. W. 683, 68 Am. St. Rep. 306; Atlanta Acc. Ass’n v. Alexander, 104 Ga. 709, 30 S. E. 939. 42
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Lat. To fall; fall ln; come to hand; happen. Judgment is sometimes given against an executor or administrator to be satisfied out of assets quando acci-derint; i. e., when they shall come to hand
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In the civil law. An obligation which is incident to another or principal obligation; the obli-gation of a surety. Poth. ohl. pt. 2, c. 1, f 6
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Anything which is joined to another thing as an ornament, or to ren-der it more perfect, or which accompanies it or is connected with it as an incident, or as subordinate to it, or which belongs to or with lt
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In Scotch prac-tice. An action which is subservient or auxiliary to another, of this kind are ac-Aions of “proving the tenor," by which lost deeds are restored; and actions of “tran-sumpts,” by which copies of principal deeds are certified. Bell, Dict
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The right to all whlch one’s own property produces, whether that
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In Scotch law. A deed executed by the credltors of a bankrupt or insolvent debtor, by which they approve of a trust given by their debtor for the general behoof, and bind themselves to concur In the plans proposed for extricating his afTalrs. Bell, Diet
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In Roman law. An in-crease or addltlon; that whlch lies next to a thiug, and is supplementary and necessary to the principal thing; that which arises or is produced from the principal thlng. Cal-vin. Lex. .Turld
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Approach; or the means, pow-er, or opportunlty of approaching. Some-times importing the occurrence of sexual in-tercourse; otherwise as importing opportuni-ty of communication for that purpose as between hnsband and wife
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In criminal law. Con*; tributing to or aiding in the commission of a crime, one who, without being present at; the commission of a felonious offense, becomes guilty of such offense, not as a chief actor, but as a participator, as by command, advice, instigation, or concealment ; either before or after the fact or commission; a particcps criminis. 4 Bl. Comm. 35; Cowell
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The person who accepts a blll of exchange, (generally the drawee,) or who engages to be primarily responsible for its payment
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