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

 enacted, that where the principal is con- 

 victed of felony, or stands mute, or chal- 

 lenges above twenty of the jury, it shall 

 be lawful to proceed agaist 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 be taken, then the accessary 

 may be prosecuted for a misdemeanor, 

 and punished by fine, imprisonment, &.c. 

 stat. ib. 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 LOGIC. 



ACCIPITRES, or rapacious birds, in 

 the Linnxan system of ornithology, the 

 first order of birds; the characters of 

 which are, that the bill bends downwards, 

 that the upper mandible is dilated a little 

 on both side stewards 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 and one back- 

 wards; the toes are warty under the 

 joints, with claws hooked, and sharp at the 

 points. The body, head, and neck, are 

 musculous, and the skin very tough. The 

 birds of this order subsist by preying on 

 other animals, and on dead carcases, and 

 they 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 that of Ferae, 

 and comprehends four generas, viz. VUL- 

 TUR, FALCO, STIUX, and LANIUS, which 

 see. 



ACCOMPANIMENT, in heraldry, de- 

 ndtes any thing added to a shield by way 

 of ornament, as the belt, mantling, sup- 

 porters, &c. 



Accompaniment is also used for several 

 bearings about a principal one, as a saltier, 

 bend fess, &c. 



ACCOMPLICE, in law, a person who 

 was privy to, or aiding in, the perpetra- 

 tion of some crime. See ACCESSARY. 



ACCORD, in law, a verbal agreement 

 between two or more, where any one is 

 injured by a trespass, or other offence 

 committed, to make satisfaction to the in- 

 jured party ; who, after the accprd is per- 



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formed, will be barred in law from brings 

 ing any new action against the aggressor 

 for the same trespass. 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 thereof must be alleged; whereas, 

 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-^wiernJ, 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 part of the 

 money, it not being allowable to take 

 fees in this office. Counterfeiting the hand 

 of the accountant-general is felony, with- 

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



ACCOUTREMENTS, in a military 

 sense, signify the furniture of a soldier, 

 such as puffs, belts, pouches, cartridge, 

 boxes, &c. 



ACCROCHE 7 , in heraldry, denotes a 

 thing's being hooked into another. 



ACER, maple, in botany, a genus of the 

 Monoecia order and Polygamia class of 

 plants, and belonging to the natural order 

 of Trihilata. There are 25 species. See 

 MAPLE. 



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 acid, in chemistry. This acid 

 is employed in different states, which have. 

 been distinguished from each other by pe- 

 culiar names. When first prepared, it is 

 called vinegar ; when purified by distilla- 

 tion, it assumes the name of distilled vi- 

 negar, usually called acetous acid : when 

 concentrated as much as possible by cer- 

 tain processes, it is called in the shops ra- 

 dical vinegar; but by chemists it is deno- 

 minated acetic acid. One hundred part* 

 of acetic acid are composed of 

 50.19 oxygen 

 13.94 hydrogen 

 35. 87 carbon 



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