7 definitions found for annexation

Annexation ANNEXA'TION, n. The act of annexing, or uniting at the end; conjunction; addition; the act of connecting; union. In English law, the uniting of lands or rents to the crown.

annexation n 1: incorporation by joining or uniting [syn: annexation, 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"

annexation noun see annex I

annexation see annex

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.

annexation n. 1. Affixing, attaching, attachment, addition, adding, appending, annexment. 2. Junction, joining, connection, conjunction, union.

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