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ACE 



rap. 4; and by stat. 1 Anne, cap. 9, it is 

 nactcd. that where the principal is con- 

 vict i-d of felony, or stands mute, or chal- 

 !i ih'i -s :i!)ovc twenty of the jury, it sliall 

 be lawful to proceed against the accessa- 

 ry in the same manner as if the principal 

 had been attainted ; and notwithstanding 

 such principal shall be admitted to his 

 clergy, pardoned, or delivered, before 

 attainder. In some cases, also, if the prin- 

 cipal cannot he taken, then the accessary 

 may lie prosecuted for a misdemeanor, 

 .UK! punished by fine, imprisonment, &c. 

 stat. il). see stat. 5 Anne, cap. 31. In the 

 lowest and highest offences there are no 

 accessaries, but all are principals; as in 

 riots, routs, forcible entries, and other 

 trespasses, which are the lowest offences. 

 So also in the highest offence, which is, 

 according to our law, high treason, there 

 are no accessaries. Cok. Littlet 71. 



ACCIDENT. See Lgoic. 



ACCIP1TRES, or rapacious birds, in 

 the Linnaen system of ornithology, tin- 

 first order of birds; the characters of 

 which are, that the bill bends downwards, 

 that the upper mandible is dilated a little 

 on both sides towards the point, or armed 

 with a tooth-like process, and that the 

 nostrils are wide ; the legs are short and 

 strong ; the feet are of the perching kind, 

 having three toes forwards arid one back- 

 wards ; the toes are warty under the 

 joints, with claws hooked, and sharp at the 

 points. The body, head, and neck, are 

 muscnlons, and the skin very tough. The 

 birds of this order subsist by preying on 

 other animals, and on dead carcases, and 

 '.hc\ are unfit for food. They live in pairs, 

 and are monogamous; and build their 

 nests in lofty situations. 'The female is 

 generally larger and stronger than the 

 male, and usually lays four eggs at a time. 

 This order corresponds to thajt of Ferae, 

 and comprehends four generas, vi/.. \ ri - 

 n it, r\L>, STIIIX, and I.A.MCS, which 



ACCOMPANIMENT, in heraldry, do- 

 r.otes any thing added to a shield by way 

 of ornament, as the belt, mantling, sup- 

 porters, kc. 



Accompaniment is also used for se\ eral 

 hearings about a principal one, as a saltier, 

 :>end, fess, \c. 



ACCOMPLICE, in law, a person who 

 was pri\y to, or aiding in, the perpetra- 

 tion of some crime. Sec An issuir. 



ACCOH1), in lav, a verbal agreemeiv 

 'u'twccn t\\ o or more, where any one is 

 injured by a tre^pa^s, or other oflcncr- 

 ommitted, to make satisfaction to the m- 

 uivd part\- ; v. ho. atV'-ih- a,-/~.. r( l is per- 



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formed, will be barred in law from bring- 

 ing any new action against the aggressor 

 for the same tresspass. It is safest, how- 

 ever, in pleading, to allege satisfaction, 

 and not accord alone ; because, in this 

 last case, a precise execution in every 

 part tluereof must be alleged; \\hereas, 

 in the former, the defendant needs only 

 say, that he paid the plaintiff such a sum 

 in full satisfaction of the accord, which he 

 received. 



ACCOUNTANT-^wimi/ in the court, 

 of Chancery, an officer appointed by act 

 of parliament to receive all monies lodged 

 in court, and convey the same to the bank 

 of England for better security. 'The sa- 

 lary of this officer and his clerks is to be 

 paid out of the interest made of pai-t of the 

 money, it not being allowable to ;ake 

 fees in this office. Counterfeiting the hand 

 of the accountant-general is felon v, with- 

 out clergy, by 12 Geo. I. c. 32. 



ACCOUTREMENTS, in a military 

 sense, signify the furniture of a soldier, 

 such as puff's, belts, pouches, cartridge- 

 boxes, &c. 



ACCROCHE', in heraldry, denotes a 

 thing's being hooked into another. 



ACEIl, maple, in botany, a genus of the 

 Monoecia order and Polygamia class of 

 plants, and belonging to the natural order 

 ofTrihilata. There are 25 species. See 



M U'l.K. 



ACETATES, in chemistry, a genus of 

 salts formed by the acetic acid. They 

 may be distinguished by the following 

 properties: they are decomposed by heat; 

 the acid being partly driven off, partly 

 destroyed: they are very soluble in wa- 

 ter: when mixed with sulphuric acid, 

 and distilled in a moderate heat, acetic 

 acid is disengaged : when they are dis- 

 solved in water, and exposed to the open 

 air, their acid is gradually decomposed. 



ACETIC (iritl, in chemistry. 'This acid 

 is employed in different stales, which have 

 been distinguished from each other b\ pe- 

 culiar names. \\ hen lirst prepared, it is 

 called T;n>'.'!-<ir .- when pur; lied by dis'illa 

 tion, it assumes (hi- name of distilled \i- 

 negar, usually called uc'-tniix acid : when 

 concentrated a-, much as possible by cer 

 tain processes, it is called in tin- shops ra- 

 dical vineg.il' ; but by chemists it is deiio 

 minatcd itri-tic acid. One hundred parts 

 of acetic .<cid are composed of 

 50. Hi oxygen 

 1 > ill hydrogen 



:>5.87 carbon 



