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In Scotch practice. An action which is subservient or auxiliary to another. Of this kind are actions of "proving the tenor," by which lost deeds are restored; and actions of "tran sumpts," by which copies of principal deeds are certified. Bell, Diet … [Read more...] about ACCESSORY ACTION

In the civil law. One who inhabits or occupies land near a place, as one who dwells by a river, or on the bank of a river. Dig. 43, 13, 3, 6. In feudal law. A husbandman; an agricultural tenant; a tenant of a manor. Spel man. A name given to a class of villeins in Italy. Barr. St. 302. … [Read more...] about ACCOLA

In French feudal law. A species of relief; a seignorial right due on every change of a tenant A feudal right which formerly prevailed in Languedoc and Guy enne, being attached to that species of heritable estates which were granted on the contract of emphyteusis. Guyot, Inst Feod. c 5, … [Read more...] about ACAFTE

In criminal court, where the court agrees to accept a criminal defendant's guilty plea. … [Read more...] about ACCEPTANCE OF PLEA

Someone who aids a person who commits a felony with knowledge that the person helped has (a) committed a felony and (b) helps or intends to help them avoid capture or punishment. The requirements usually are the assistance of another person who: has committed a felony crime; after the crime has been committed with knowledge that the person helped has committed the … [Read more...] about ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT