Lexic.us

Definition of Accession

1. Noun. A process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group). "The art collection grew through accession"

2. Verb. Make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library.

3. Noun. (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement.

4. Noun. Something added to what you already have. "He was a new addition to the staff"

5. Noun. Agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly). "Assenting to the Congressional determination"

6. Noun. The right to enter.

7. Noun. The act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne). "Elizabeth's accession in 1558"

Definition of Accession

1. n. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy.

Definition of Accession

1. Noun. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's '''accession''' to a confederacy. ¹

2. Noun. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without. ¹

3. Noun. (legal) 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). ¹

4. Noun. (legal) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers. ¹

5. Noun. The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity. ¹

6. Noun. (medicine) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm. ¹

7. Noun. Agreement. ¹

8. Noun. Access; admittance. ¹

9. Verb. (context: transitive) To make a record of (additions to a collection). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Accession

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Accession

1. 1. A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined; as, a king's accession to a confederacy. 2. Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without; as, an accession of wealth or territory. "The only accession which the Roman empire received was the province of Britain." (Gibbon) 3. A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labour, 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 by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers. 4. 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. 5. The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm. Synonym: Increase, addition, augmentation, enlargement. Origin: L. Accessio, fr. Accedere: cf. F. Accession. See Accede. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Accession

accessable accessaries accessarily accessariness accessary accessary after the fact accessary before the fact accessed accesses accessibilities

accessibility accessible accessibleness accessibly accessing accession accession country accessional accessioned accessioning

accessions accessit accessits accessive accessively accessless accessor accessorial accessorial services accessorially

Literary usage of Accession

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1896)
""In discarding a book the title-page is stamped ' discarded/ and the book slip, which is u§ed for charging, receives the accession number. ..."

2. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1905)
"Of accession there are two kinds. Accession is termed, first, the formal entrance of a third State into an existing treaty so that such State becomes a ..."

3. The Red Cross: A History of this Remarkable International Movement in the by Clara Barton (1898)
"Accession OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE TREATY OF GENEVA AND TO THE ADDITIONAL ARTICLES. On the first day of March, 1882, the President, by his signature, ..."

4. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"Accession of Anne. 1703 Methuen Treaty between England and Portugal. ... Accession of Frederick William I of Prussia. Peace of Utrecht. 1714 June. ..."

5. English Constitutional History from the Teutonic Conquest to the Present Time by Thomas Pitt Taswell-Langmead (1905)
"Act passed on the accession of Queen Mary. Queen Elizabeth's title. Act passed on her accession. It is made treason by a statute of Elizabeth, ..."

6. Lives of the Queens of England: from the Norman conquest by Agnes Strickland (1848)
"The learned Jewel, whose office it was to write the congratulatory letter from Oxford, on the queen's accession, was reading it to Dr. Tresham, ..."

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