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accommodation bill.See ACCOMMODATION PAPER. [Blacks Law 8th]

accommodation acceptance.See ACCEPTANCE(4). [Blacks Law 8th]

accommodation,n.1. A loan or other financial favor. 2. The act of signing an accommodation paper  as  surety  for  another.  See  ACCOMMODATION  PAPER.  3.  The  act  or  an  instance  of making  a  change  or  provision  for  someone  or  something;  an  adaptation  or  adjustment.  See PUBLIC  ACCOMMODATION;  REASONABLE  ACCOMMODATION  .  4.  A  convenience supplied by someone; esp.,…

accommodated  party.A  party  for  whose  benefit  an  accommodation  party  signs  and  incurs liability. Cf. AC-COMMODATION PARTY. [Blacks Law 8th]

accomenda  (ak-<<schwa>>-men-d<<schwa>>).Hist.  Maritime  law.  A  contract  between  a cargo  owner  and  a  shipmaster whereby  the  parties agree  to  sell the  cargo  and  divide  the  profits (after  deducting  the  owner’s  costs).  •  This  contract  actually  consists  of  two  agreements:  a mandatum,  by  which  the  owner  gives  the  shipmaster  the  power  to  dispose  of  the  cargo,  and …

accola  (ak-<<schwa>>-l<<schwa>>),  n.[Latin  “person  living  nearby”]  1.Roman  law.  A person  who  inhabits or  occupies land  near  a  certain  place,  such  as  one  who  dwells near  a  river. 2.Hist. An agricultural tenant; a tenant of a manor. [Blacks Law 8th]

acclamation.Parliamentary   law.   1.   Approval   or   election   by   general   consent,   usu. demonstrated by applause or cheering. • Election by acclamation is common in large conventions where only one candidate has been nominated. 2. Voting by applause or shouting. [Blacks Law 8th]

accipitare  (ak-sip-<<schwa>>-tair-ee),  vb.[Law  Latin]  Hist.  To  pay  (a  lord)  in  order  to become a vassal; esp., to pay relief upon succeeding to an estate. [Blacks Law 8th]

accipe  ecclesiam  (ak-si-pee  e-klee-z[h]ee-<<schwa>>m).  [Law  Latin]  Hist.  Eccles.  law. Receive this church or living. • The phrase was used by Patrons in presenting an incumbent to a vacant parish. Trado tibi ecclesiam (“I deliver this church [or living] to you”) was also used. Cf. TRADO TIBI ECCLESIAM . [Blacks Law 8th]

accidere (ak-sid-<<schwa>>r-ee), vb.[Latin] Civil law. 1. To  fall  down. 2.  By extension, to befall or happen to. [Blacks Law 8th]