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ACCESSORY, property. Everything which is joined to another thing, as an ornament, or to render it more perfect, is an accessory, and belongs to theprincipal thing. For example, the halter of a horse, the frame of apicture, the keys of a house, and the like; but a bequest of a house wouldnot carry the furniture in it, as accessory to it. Domat, Lois Civ. Part. 2,liv. 4, tit. 2, s. 4, n. 1. Accesiorium non ducit, sed sequitur principale.Co. Litt. 152, a. Co. Litt. 121, b. note (6). Vide Accession; Adjunction;Appendant; Appurtenances; Appurtenant; Incident.

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