Annexation
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Annexation
The act of attaching, uniting, or joining together in a physical sense; consolidating.
The term is generally used to signify the connection of a smaller or subordinate unit to a larger or principal unit. For example, a smaller piece of land may be annexed to a larger one. Similarly, a smaller document may be annexed to a larger one, such as a codicil to a will.
Although physical joining is implied, actual contact is not always necessary. For example, an annexation occurs when a country acquires new territory even though the new territory is not immediately adjacent to the existing country.
In the law of real property, annexation is used to describe the manner in which a chattel is joined to property.
Cross-references
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.