Legal Definitions - accola

Definition: Accola is a Latin word that means "person living nearby." In Roman law, it refers to someone who lives near a specific place, like a river. In history, it refers to an agricultural tenant or a tenant of a manor.

• A farmer who lives near a river and uses its water for irrigation is an accola.
• In medieval times, an accola was someone who rented land from a lord and paid for it with crops or labor.

The examples illustrate how accola refers to someone who lives near a specific place or rents land for agricultural purposes. It was a common term in Roman law and medieval times.