Annexation - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Annexation :  (noun)
1: incorporation by joining or uniting [syn: appropriation]
2: the formal act of acquiring something (especially territory) by conquest or occupation; "the French annexation of Madagascar as a colony in 1896"; "a protectorate has frequently been a first step to annexation"

Based on WordNet 2.0

Annexation : \An`nex*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. annexation. See Annex, v. t.] 1. The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the United States, or of chattels to the freehold.

2. (a) (Law) The union of property with a freehold so as to become a fixture. Bouvier. (b) (Scots Law) The appropriation of lands or rents to the crown. --Wharton.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

ANNEXATION, property. The union of one thing to another. 2. In the law relating to fixtures, (q.v.)Annexation : is actual or constructive. By actual annexation is understood every movement by which a chattel can be joined or united to the freehold. By constructive annexation is understood the union of such things as have been holden parcel of the realty, but which are not actually annexed, fixed, or fastened to the freehold; for example, deeds, or chattels, which relate to the title of the inheritance. Shep. Touch. 469. Vide Anios & Fer. on Fixtures, 2. 3. This term has been applied to the union of one country, to another; as Texas was annexed to the United States by the joint resolution of Congress

of larch 1, 1845., See Texas.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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