annexation

annexation definition - legal

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 itsÂ’ domain.
  4. Annexed land.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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