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Annex
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annex vt
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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
Source: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law ©1996. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. Published under license with Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.