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In the Romifb Theology, the manner of receiving or ad- mitting the Pope's Conftitutions ; or the AS whereby they are receiv'd, is alfo call'd Acceptance. See Constitution, Bull, &c. , . „
There are two Kinds of Acceptances ; the one iolemn, the other tacit. , r
The Solemn Acceptance is a formal Aft, whereby lome Error or Scandal which the Pope condemns, is expreily con- demn'd by the Acceptor.— Infinite Difputes and Dijfcrmops have been rais'd in the Catholick World cfpecially in France, on occafion of the Acceptance of the Confiitution Umgenitus : Many of the French Prelates full refiife to accept it. , , , r
When a Confiitution has been folcmnly accepted by tho c it more immediately relates to; it is fiippoTed to be tacitly accepted by all the other Prelates in the Chriftian World, who have cognizance thereof: and this Acquiefccnce is what they call Tacit Acceptance.
In thisSenfe, France, Poland, &c. tacitly accepted I the Confiitution againfl the Doflrine of Molinos, and the ®uie- tifts.—AnA Germany, "Poland, &c. tacitly accepted the Con- Aitution againfl Janfenius. See Molinist, Jansenist, &c.
Acceptance, in Commerce, is particularly underftood in refpect of Bills of Exchange.— To accept a mi of Ex- change, is to fign, or fubfetibe it ; and thereby become prin- cipal Debtor of the Sum contain'd therein ; with an Obliga- tion to pay, or difcharge it at a Time ptefix'd. See Bill of Exchange.
The Acceptance is ufually perform'd by him on whom the Bill is drawn ; upon its being prefented to him by the Perfon in whofe behalf it was drawn, or his Order. — While the Acceptor is Mafler of his Signature, i. e. ere he have return'd rhe accepted Bill to the Bearer, he may erafe his Acceptance : But not after he has once deliver'd it. See Ex- change.
Bills payable at Sight are not to be accepted ; as being to be acquitted at their firft prefenting ; or, in defeft of Payment, to be protefled.— In Bills drawn for a certain Num- ber of Days after fight, the Acceptance muft be dated ; in regard the Time is to be accounted therefrom. — The Form of this Acceptance, is, Accepted fitch a Day, and then the Signature.
Bills drawn payable on a Day named, or at U lance, or double Ufance, need not be dated ; Ufance being reckon'd from the Date of the Bill it felf. See Usance— On thefe 'tis fufficient to write, Accepted, and the Signature.
If the Bearer of a Bill be contented with an Acceptance to be paid in twenty Days after Sight, where in the Bill it felf only eight Days are exprefs'd ; he runs the Rifque of the twelve additional Days : So that if the Acceptor fail, he has no Remedy againfl the Drawer. And if the Bearer content himfelf to receive a lefs Sum than is exprefs'd, in parr ; he is to fland the Chance of the reft. See Protest, Endorsement, t£c.
Acceptation, or Acception, in Grammar, the Sig- nification of a Word ; or the Senfe wherein it is taken and receiv'd. See Word, tie.
Such a Word has feveral Acceptations.— In its firft and moft natural Acceptation, it denotes, &c.
ACCEPTILATION, in the Civil Law, an Acquittance given without receiving any Money : or a Declaration of the Creditor, in favour of the Debtor, fignifying, that he is fatisfy'd for his Debt, or that he forgives it him, and will make no further Demands.
ACCEPTION, or Acceptation. See Acceptation.
ACCEPTOR, of a Sill of Exchange, the Perfon who accepts the Bill. See Acceptance.
The Acceptor becomes perfonal Debtor by the Accep- tance ; and is obliged to pay it, tho the Drawer fail before it become due. See Exchange.
ACCESS, literally fignifies, Eafinefs of Approach, or En- trance. See Accessible.
Such a Perfon has Accefs to the Prince : A Man of eafy Accefi : The Accefs on that fide was very difficult, by rea- fon of Rocks, i$c.
The Word is of Latin Original, Accejfus, or Accefjio ; form'd of Accede, I come to.
Access, in Medicine, a Fit, or Return of fome periodi- cal Difeafe. See Disease, and Periodical.
Thus, we fay, an Accefs of the Gout, an Ague, or an In- termitting Fever, i£c. See Gout, Ague, Intermitting
Authors frequently confound Accefs with "Paroxyfm ; but they are different things. See Paroxysm.
ACCESSIBLE, fomething that may be approached ; or, that .lecefs may be had to. See Access and Approach
Such a Place, a Fortrefs, is Accefftble from the Sea-ward, i. e. the Paffage to it is praaicable. See Fortification, and Fortified 'Place. , .
Accessible Height, or <Diftame, in Geometry, &c is either that which may be mechanically meafur d by the Ap-
plication of a Meafure to it ; ot it is a Height whofe Bafe and Foot may be approach'd to ; and a Di fiance meafured thence on the Ground. See Height, Distance, S$c.
With the Quadrant, (Sc. we can take Altitudes both Ac- ceffille and Inacceflible. See Altitude, Quadrant, ££?<;.
Surveying, includes the Meafuring, Plotting, &c. both of Acceffiblc and Inacceflible Diftances. See Surveying.
ACCESSION, is particularly ufed for the Act whereby a thing accedes, i. c. joins or unites it felf to fomething exis- ting before. See Accessory.
Thus, we fay, the Accefjion of a Governour to a Go- vernment, igc. — The firft of Augtifl is obferv'd in Memory of the King's Afceffion to the Crown of Great Britain. — This Senfe of the Word coincides with Inauguration.
The Term is alfo ufed for the AS of engaging, and be- coming a Party in a Treaty before concluded between other Powers ; on the fame Footing and Conditions as if originally comprehended in the Treaty it felf. — The Acceffion of the States General to the Treaty of Hanover ; of the Czarina to the Treaty of Vienna, &c. See Treaty.
ACCESSORY, or Accessary, fomething that accedes, or is added to another more considerable thing, or arifes as a natural Confequence therefrom. See Accession.
In this Senfe, the Word ftands oppofed to Principal. See Principal.
Accessory, or Accessary, in Common Law, is chief- ly ufed for a Perfon guilty of a felonious Offence ; not prin- cipally, but by Participation ; as, by Advice, Command, or Concealment. See Felony.
There are two Kinds of Acceffories ; before the FaS, and after it. — The firft is he who commands or procures another to commit Felony, and is not prefent himfelf j for if he be prefent, he is a Principal. See Principal.
The fecond, is he who receives, aflifts, or comforts any Man that has done Murder or Felony, whereof he has Know- ledge.
A Man may alfo be acceffory to an Acceffory, by aiding, receiving, £5jc. an Acceffory to Felony.
An Acceffory in Felony fhall have Judgment of Life and Member as well as the Principal, who did the Pelony ; but not till the Principal be firft attainted and convicl, or out-
law'd thereon. Where the Principal is pardoned without
Attainder, the Acceffory cannot be arraigned ; it being a Maxim in Law, Ubi non eft principalis, non poteft effe Ac- cejforius. But if the Principal be pardoned, or have his Clergy after Attainder, the Acceffory fhall be arraign'd.
In the lowefl and highett Offences there are no Acceffories ; but all are Principals : as in Slots, Routs, Forcible Entries, and other Trefpaffes, which are the lowefl Offences. — So alfo in the higheft Offence, which is High Treafon, there are no Acceffories. See Treason.
Acceffories in Petty Treafon, Murder, and Felony, are not to have their Clergy.— There can be no Acceffory before the Fact in Manilaughter ; becaufe that is hidden and un- prepenfed. See Manslaughter.
Acceffory by Statute, is fuch a one as abets, advifes, aids, or receives one that commits an Offence made Felony by Statute. See Statute.
Accessory Nerves, or Accessorius Willifii, or 'Par accefforium, in Anatomy, a Pair of Nerves, which arifing from the Medulla in the Vertebra of the Neck, afcends and enters the Skull, and -paries out of it again, with the 'par vagum, wrap'd up in the fame common Integument therewith ; 'and after quitting the fame, is diftributed into the Mufcles of the Neck, and Shoulders. See Nerve, Par Vagum, &c. ,.•.„, r
In its Afcent towards the Head, it receives Branches from each of the firft five Pair of Cervical Nerves, near their rife from the Medulla ; and fends forth Twigs to the Mufcles of the Larynx, Gula, (Sic.— -Uniting with a Branch of the In- tercoftal, it forms the Plexus Ganglioformis. See Pl-exus.
ACCIDENCE, Accidentia, a Name ufed for a little Book, containing the firft Elements or Rudiments of the Latin Tongue. See Grammar.
ACCIDENT, Accidens, in Philofophy, fomething ad- ditional, or fuperadded, to Subftance ; or not effentially be- longing' thereto, but capable, indifferently, either of being or not being in it, without the Deftruclion thereof See Sub- stance.
Some will have the Word compounded of ad aliud ca- dens, q. d. falling or belonging to another ; others fuppofe it form'd ab accidendo, happening carnally.
The Schoolmen diftinguiih three Kinds of Accidents ; Verbal, 'Predicable, and 'Predicamental.
Verbal Accident, Accidens Verbale, flands oppofed to Ejfence ; and in this Senfe, the Adjuncts to a thing, tho Sub- flances themfelves, are denominated Accidents thereof. See Adjunct.
Thus, the Clothes a Man has on, tho real Subftances, yet, as they are not effential, but adventitious, or acceffory to £is Exiftence, are Accidents. See Essence.
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