ACCESSION, DEED OF

In Scotch law. A deed executed by the creditors 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 affairs. Bell, Diet. Accessorinan non ducit, sed loquitur smun principale. Co. Litt. 152. That which is the accessory or incident does not lead, but follows, its principal. Accessorins sequitnr naturam sni principalis. An accessary follows the nature of his principal. 3 Inst 139. One who is accessary to a crime cannot be guilty of a higher degree of crime than his principal.