Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share
{i} expansion or increase due to gradual build-up or additions; growth, increase in size; added part, addition; growing together or joining of separate parts
An accretion is an addition to something, usually one that has been added over a period of time. The script has been gathering editorial accretions for years
The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark
Accretion is the process of new layers or parts being added to something so that it increases in size. A coral reef is built by the accretion of tiny, identical organisms
(law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance) an increase by natural growth or addition (geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or water-borne sediment (biology) growth by addition as by the adhesion of parts or particles (astronomy) the formation of a celestial object by the effect of gravity pulling together surrounding objects and gases something contributing to growth or increase; "he scraped away the accretions of paint"; "the central city surrounded by recent accretions
Gain to an heir or legatee, failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co- legatee of the same thing, to take his share
The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth