Hypertext Webster Gateway: "annexation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
annexation
n : incorporation by annexation [syn: {appropriation}]
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