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.
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.
1. A section added to a document, record, etc. 2. Changing municipal boundaries by adding lands not formerly included.
The process of attaching fixtures, land, or something else to a basic structure or already existing property.Usually, this term refers to the process of attaching something less important or something smaller to a main object.If you add a wing to a foreclosed property before resale, for example, you are annexing.
the process a municipality acquires surrounding land and incorporates it into its jurisdiction.
permanent incorporation of territory into the territory of another state
Permanently affixing to real property, such as a city adding additional land to increase its size.
incorporation by joining or uniting
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"
The process of incorporating an area of land not currently within the jurisdiction of a local government's governing authority for the purpose of including that area within the government's jurisdiction.
permanently incorporating real property, (i.e., such as a city adding additional land to increase its size).
A change in existing community boundaries resulting from the incorporation of additional land.
The inclusion of land within a government agency's jurisdiction.
The act of adding, joining and attaching one thing to another. With respect to the annexing of land, from time to time municipalities legally incorporate into the existing town or city limits a certain amount of land or territory outside their legal boundary. This may be done to consolidate two governments into one or perhaps to increase property tax revenue for the municipality.
(1) to append or attach, especially to a larger or more significant thing, (2) to incorporate (territory) into an existing political unit such as a country, state, county, or city. [Note: military occupation must be carefully distinguished from annexation.
To attach one thing to another.
Addition to property by adding or attaching other property (e.g. fixtures) to it. Also, addition of a county's unincorporated territory to a city or town.
The act of attaching, adding or joining one thing to another, generally a smaller or subordinate thing with a large or principal thing. Usually with respect to land or fixtures.
the act of uniting lands to the Crown (politely used for "confiscation")
The act of incorporating an area into the domain of a city.
The action of a city or village to increase its territory by attaching to it adjoining land from an unincorporated area within a town.
A process of one governmental entity acquiring land from another governmental entity. Usually cities acquiring land from adjacent townships for the purpose of development expansion.
Legal process, which is used by a municipality to expand its territory to include part of an adjacent, unincorporated area. Also, the act of permanently attaching a fixture to a building, thus making it part of the structure.
Annexation (Latin ad, to, and nexus, joining) is the legal incorporation of some territory into another geo-political entity (either adjacent or non-contiguous). Usually, it is implied that the territory and population being annexed is the smaller, more peripheral or weaker of the two merging entities. It can also imply a certain measure of coercion, expansionism or unilateralism on the part of the stronger of the merging entities.
