Accession

• a process of increasing by addition (as to a collection or group); "the art collection grew through accession"
• (civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement
• something added to what you already have; "the librarian shelved the new accessions"; "he was a new addition to the staff"
• agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly); "accession to such demands would set a dangerous precedent"; "assenting to the Congressional determination"
• entree: the right to enter
• make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library
• the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne); "Elizabeth's accession in 1558"
• The act of transferring physical custody and control of records to the University Archives. The materials transferred to the archives.
• Acquiring title to additional or improvements to real property as a result of annexation of fixutres or the accretion of alluvial deposits along the banks of streams.
• An addition to property through the efforts of man or by natural forces.
• Accession is the act whereby a state accepts the offer or the opportunity to become a party to a treaty already negotiated and signed by other states.
• The formal act of entering an object into the collections of a museum. Once an object has been accessioned it has a status beyond that of merely being the property of the organization and can only be disposed of by referring to the governing body of the organization, eg, the Trustees or Director.
• The act and procedures involved in a transfer of legal title and the taking of records into the physical custody of an archives. ...