Article 440.

The ownership of property gives the right by accession to everything which is produced
thereby, or which is incorporated or attached thereto, either naturally or artificially.

Accession – The right of a property owner to everything which is

a.) produced thereby (accession discreta);

b.) which is incorporated or attached thereto, either naturally or artificially (accession

continua or accession non-interrumpida), which in turn is divided into:

1.) Natural accession (accession natural)

2.) Artificial accession (accession artificial or accession industrial)

Accession is the right of an owner of a thing to the products of said thing as well as to
whatever is inseparably attached thereto as an accessory.

Accession is that by which property is given to a person in addition to what said person
already possesses, said additional property being the result of a natural increase, like
land, by deposit of a river; or houses, when built on ones own land; or the young of
animals.

Accession is the right which ownership or property gives over everything which the
same produces, or which is attached or incorporated thereto, naturally or artificially.

Classification of Accession

a.) Accession Discreta (To the fruits)

1.) Natural fruits 2.) Industrial fruits 3.) Civil fruits

b.) Accession Continua (Attachment or incorporation)

1.) With reference to real property

a.) accession industrial – building, planting,sowing

b.) accession natural – alluvium, avulsion, change of course of rivers,
change of formation of islands

2.) With respect to personal property

a.) adjunction or conjunction – Inclusion (engraftment),

Soldadura (attachment), Tejido (weaving), Pintura (painting)
Escritura (writing)

b.) mixture (confusion – liquids; commixtion – solids)

c.) specification
Different modes of acquiring ownership

a.) Occupation
b.) Intellectual Creation
c.) Law
d.) Donation
e.) Succession
f.) Tradition, as a consequence of certain contracts
g.) Prescription