Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of acquiring; acquirement: as, “countries of new acquest,” Bacon.
- noun A thing gained; an acquisition; a thing acquired by force: as, “new acquests and encroachments,” Woodward, Nat. Hist.
- noun In civil law: Property acquired in other ways than by succession.
- noun Property acquired during a marriage under the rule of community of property.
- noun See
conquêt .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Acquisition; the thing gained.
- noun (Law) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance.
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- noun rare
Acquisition ; the thing gained. - noun law property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance.
Etymologies
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Old French aquest, (French acquêt), from Late Latin acquestum, acquisītum, for Latin acquisītum, past participle (used substantively) of acquirere ("to acquire"). See acquire.
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