annexation


annexation
n.
The act of adding or joining one thing to another.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


annexation
n.
1 The act of annexing; the state of being annexed.
2 The point in time when an addition or addendum becomes part of the thing to which it attached.
3 The formal act of a political unit, such as a nation, state, or municipality, annexing land to its' domain.
4 Annexed land.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


annexation
The act of attaching, uniting, or joining together in a physical sense; consolidating.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


annexation
The act of attaching, uniting, or joining together in a physical sense; consolidating.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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