Write briefly about principal and accessory rights.
[Jurisprudence]
Principal rights exist independently of other rights. Accessory rights are appurtenant to other rights and they have a beneficial effect on the principal rights. A security is accessory to the rights secured. Servitude is accessory to the ownership of the land for whose benefit it exists.
Originally written on
April 17, 2013
and last modified on
April 17, 2013.