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access order.See VISITATION ORDER. [Blacks Law 8th]

accession (ak-sesh-<<schwa>>n).1. The act of acceding or agreeing <the family’s accession to  the  kidnapper’s  demands>.2.  A  coming  into  possession  of  a  right  or  office <as promised,  the state’s budget was balanced within two years after the governor’s accession>.3.Int’l law. A method by  which  a  nation  that  is  not  among  a  treaty’s  original  signatories  becomes  a …

privacy. The condition or state of being free from public attention to intrusion into or interference with one’s acts or decisions. autonomy privacy. An individual’s right to control his or her personal activities or intimate personal decisions without outside interference, observation, or intrusion. • If the individual’s interest in an activity or decision is fundamental,…

prist (prist). [Law French] Hist. Ready. • In oral pleading, this term was used to express a joinder of issue. [Blacks Law 8th]

prisoner’s dilemma. A logic problem — often used by law-and-economics scholars to illustrate the effect of cooperative behavior — involving two prisoners who are being separately questioned about their participation in a crime: (1) if both confess, they will each receive a 5-year sentence; (2) if neither confesses, they will each receive a 3-year sentence;…

accessio   (ak-s<<schwa>>sh-ee-oh)   n.[Latin]   Roman   law.   1.   The   doctrine   by   which something of lesser size, value, or importance is integrated into something of greater size, value, or importance. “If the identity of one thing (the accessory) is merged and lost in the identity of the other (the principal), the  owner of the  principal is the  owner …

access easement.See EASEMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

access,n.1.  An  opportunity  or  ability  to  enter,  approach,  pass  to  and  from,  or  communicate with <access to the courts>.2.Family law. VISITATION(2).3.Family law. The opportunity to have sexual intercourse. Cf. NON-ACCESS. multiple  access.In  a  paternity  suit,  the  defense  that  the  mother  had  lovers  other  than  the defendant around the time  of conception. • The basis for…

prisoner of war. A person, usu. a soldier, who is captured by or surrenders to the enemy in wartime. — Also termed captive. — Abbr. POW. [Blacks Law 8th]

accept service.To agree that process has been properly served even when it has not been. — Also termed accept service of process. [Blacks Law 8th]