(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) | the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do |
an increase by natural growth or addition | the collection of rules imposed by authority |
(geology) an increase in land resulting from alluvial deposits or waterborne 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 | |