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Annexation, the union of lands to the Crown, and declaring them inalienable. Also the appropriation of the church lands by the Crown, and the union of land lying at a distance from the parish church to which they belong, to the church of another parish to which they are contiguous. The permanent occupation by a sovereign state of the territory formerly belonging to another, and see RES NULLIUS. As to concessions granted by the former sovereign prior to annexation, see Cook v. Sprig, 1899 AC 572. The financial liabilities of a conquered state are not after annexation binding on the conquering state. See West Rand Gold Mining Co. v. R., 1905 (2) KB 391.

Occurs when the Occupying Power acquires and makes the occupied territory as its own. Annexation gives a de jure right to administer the territory. Annexation means that there is not only possession but uncontested sovereignty over the territory, Rev. Mons Sebastio Fransisco Xavier Dos Remedios Monterio v. State of Goa, (1969) 3 SCC 419: AIR 1970 SC 329 (336). [Geneva Convention Act, (1960) Sch IV, Art. 6]