Accrescere

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Meaning of Accrescere

(Lat. to be added to). The term is used is speaking of Islands which are formed in rivers by deposit Calv. Lex.; 3 Kent, Comm. 428. In Scotch Law. To pass to any one. Bell, Diet. It is used in a related sense in the common-law phrase jus accrescendi, the right of survivorship. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 426. In Pleading,. To commence; to arise; to accrue. Quod actio non acorevit infra sex annos, that the action did not accrue within six years. 3 Chit. PI. 914.

What does Accrescere mean in American Law?

The definition of Accrescere in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

To grow.

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Concept of “Accrescere”

Traditional meaning of accrescere in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) To grow; to increase.

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  1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Accrescere”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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