1. The act of attaching; the state of being attached.
2. Property. The point at which a fixture becomes a part of the realty to which it is attached. [Cases: Fixtures 6.]
3. A formal act by which a nation, state, or municipality incorporates land within its dominion. • In international law, the usual formalities of announcing annexation involve having specially commissioned officers hoist the national flag and read a proclamation. [Cases: Municipal Corporations 29. C.J.S. Municipal Corporations §§ 45–46, 54.]
4. The annexed land itself. Cf. ACCESSION (5). — annex, vb.
cherry-stem annexation.
1. Annexed land that resembles (on a map) a cherry because the annexed territory — the cherry — is not contiguous to the acquiring municipality, and the narrow corridor of annexed land leading to the targeted area resembles a stem. [Cases: Municipal Corporations 29(4). C.J.S. Municipal Corporations §§ 48–51.]
2. The process of annexing land with this configuration.
