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annex 1 : attach [correspondence ed to the petition] [a greenhouse ed to the building] 2 : to incorporate (as a territory) within a political domain [the district es only shards of 24 additional parishes "Hays v. Louisiana, 839 F. Supp. 1188 (1993)"] an·nex·ation [a-nek-sā-shən] n ...


Annexation

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: A...


administrator with the will annexed

administrator with the will annexed see administrator ...


Fixtures

Fixtures. Things of an accessory character which are not something which is part of the original struc-ture, Boswell v. Crucible Steel Co., (1925) 1 KB 119, annexed to houses or lands, which become, immediately on annexation, part of the realty itself, i.e., governed by the same law which applies to the land, in conformity with the maxim quicquid plantatur solo, solo cedit. The application of this legal principle, however, is not uniform, as may be thus shown:(1) Between landlord and tenant. If the chattels be not let into the soil, they are not fixtures at all, and may be removed at will, like any other species of personal property. When the chattel is connected with the free-hold, by being let into the earth, or by being cemented or otherwise united to some erection attached to the ground, the question arises-when may the tenant remove such fixtures?The general rule as to annexations made by a tenant during the continuance of his term is the following-Whenever he has affixed anything...


Trust

Trust, is a comprehensive expression, as covering not only the relationship of trustee and beneficiary but also that a bailor and bailee master and servant pledger and pledgee, guardian and ward and all other relations which postulate the existence of fiduciary relationship between the complainant and the accused, State v. K.P. Jain, (1983) 2 Crimes 947 (All).Trust, is a trust for public purposes, the substances and primary intention of the creator must be seen, Shabbir Husain v. Ashiq Husain, AIR 1929 Oudh 225.Trust, is an obligation annexed to ownership. A trustee holds property 'subject' to an obligation, which the testator has imposed upon him, Mahadeo Ramchandra v. Damodar Vishwanath, AIR 1957 Bom 218: (1957) 59 Bom LR 478.Means any arrangement whereby property is transferred with intention that it be administered for another's benefit is a trust. It casts an obligation on the trustee to use the property for achieving the purpose for which the trust is created, Baba Jamuna Das Mah...


Mediatize

To cause to act through an agent or to hold a subordinate position to annex specifically applied to the annexation during the former German empire of a smaller German state to a larger while allowing it a nominal sovereignty and its prince his rank...


Reannex

To annex again or anew to reunite...


Addition

Addition, the title, or occupation, and place of abode of a person besides his names. See 1 Hen. 5, c. 5; Termes de la Ley, and compare the Criminal Procedure Act, 1851, s. 24.Means the place of residence, and the profession, trade, rank and title of a person described, and in the case of his father's name, or where he is usually described as the son of his mother, then his mother's name. [Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), s. 2 (1)]Means a structure that is attached to or connected with another building that predates the structure; an extension or annex. Although some courts have held that an addition is merely an appurtenant structure that might not actually be in physical contact with the other building, most courts hold that there must be physical contact of title and appellation appended to a person's name to show rank, occupation, or place of residence. In English Law, there are traditionally four kinds of additions: (1) those of estate, such as yeoman, gentleman, or esquire; (...


Lighthouse

Lighthouse, a building, from which lights are shown to guide ships at sea. The power of erecting and maintaining them is a branch of the royal prerogative. By the (English) Harbours, Docks and Piers Clause, etc. Act, 1847 (10 & 11 Vict. c. 27), lighthouses are not to be erected without the sanction of Trinity House. The management of lighthouses is now regulated by the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 60), Part, XI., ss. 634-675, as amended by the (English) Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 44), which creates a General Lighthouse Fund in substitution for the Mercantile Marine Fund, and, subject to the rights of persons having authority over local lighthouses, is vested in the following bodies:-(1) As to lighthouses in England, Wales, Jersey, Guernsey, Sark, and Alderney, and the adjacent seas and islands, and in Gibraltar, in the Trinity House.(2) In Scotland and the adjacent seas and islands, and in the Isle of Man, in the Co...


Coannex

To annex with something else...


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