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accession

accession

9.1
The right of an owner to things produced by or added to property
  • noun
  • /ækˈsɛʃən/
  • Formal
translation icon : accesión
  • The accession of ripened fruit to the orchard was a sign of a successful season.

Examples

  • With the accession of new technology, the factory was able to increase its output significantly.

  • And all too often, violence results in nothing save the accession of new oppressors to power.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The accession is subject to the general reservation that there should be no conflict between such accession and the laws on personal status derived from Islamic Shariah.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The accession is subject to the general reservation that there should be no conflict between such accession and the laws on personal status derived from Islamic Shariah.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The accession problem can be mitigated by enlisting a greater proportion of prior active military service (PS) personnel.

    Academic text (1998)

  • India's insistence that the accession of the state of Jammu and Kashmir is a closed issue and that its partition or secession cannot be discussed as part of any solution to the problem has angered Pakistan.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The farmer enjoyed the accession of extra crops from his newly cultivated land.

Synonyms

acquisition
vsaccession
147 4.6

Getting something to own, often by buying, like a company or a painting

refers to a legal right to property growth or additions rather than obtaining them

Antonyms

loss
439 1.4

The event when you stop having someone or something important

dispossession
  • Specialized
3 8.2

A legal loss of land, property or other things someone owns

Surface Forms

accession singular
accessions plural

Morphology

accession = access (opaque) = ac + cess + ion

The legal sense of 'accession' is not directly derivable from 'access'.

Etymology

Accession comes from the Latin accedere meaning 'to come to'. In law, an accession is what 'comes to' the owner from their property, for example the fruit of a tree or anything added to the land.