Dictionary

annexure en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /əˈnɛkʃə/ (UK)
• /ˈænɛkʃə/ (UK)
• /əˈnɛkʃɚ/ (US)
• /ˈænəkˌʃʊɹ/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree English annex Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -(ā)tūram Old French -urebor. Middle English -ure English -ure English annexure From annex + -ure.

Meanings

1. (UK, countable, uncountable) The process of annexing.
   • Plundering, raiding and annexure of other weaker nations have become survival normality and we seem to accept these as part of life. 2009, Maduka E. Agbodike, Colonial Conspiracies in Africa, →ISBN, page 254:
   • I doubt if there'll be much opposition to my annexure of the throne! 2015, Derek Trevor Rowswell, The History of Gragorgix, →ISBN:
   • Avulsio is the increase in extent of land bounded by water, through the annexure of land disannexed elsewhere by violent natural causes. 1986, D. L. Carey Miller, The acquisition and protection of ownership, page 17:
   • C. Rajagopan's The Greater Bombay: A Study in Suburban Ecology (Bombay: Popular Book depot, 1962) is one study, especially interesting as it was undertaken in the immediate aftermath of the annexure of Salsette to Bombay and thus offers a contemporary perspective. 2015, Dr Nicolas Kenny, Dr Rebecca Madgin, Cities Beyond Borders, →ISBN, page 134:
2. (UK, countable, uncountable) Something annexed.
   • This implication is supported by other provisions of the Mortgage Law, such as the provision that makes the mortgage effective against all annexures to the mortgaged property (such as buildings, plants, services, constructions, and modifications), expressly including those coming into being subsequent to the mortgage deed, unless the mortgagor or and the mortgagee otherwise agree. 2011, Kabir Hassan, Michael Mahlknecht, Islamic Capital Markets: Products and Strategies, →ISBN:
   • ...other hand buildings without foundations,sheds, windmills, railway lines, and all fixtures or annexures to buildings, are movable unless their owner intended that they should be permanently annexed. 1961, George Wille, Principles of South African Law:
   • While determining the quantum of such return on the investments, the cost incurred for the building, as it is, with all the existing annexures intended for the better enjoyment of the premises themselves, shall have to be taken into account. 1980, The Bombay Law Reporter: Reports - Volume 82, page 184:
   • The Saudi Arabian law regarding annexures is that a charge is effective against all annexures to the charged property (for example, buildings, plants, services, constructions and modifications), expressly including those that come into being subsequent to the rahn deed, unless the chargor and chargee otherwise agree. 2015, Frederique Dahan, Research Handbook on Secured Financing in Commercial Transactions, →ISBN:
3. (India, UK, countable, especially, qualifier:otherwise dated, uncountable) An appendix or attachment to a document.
   • An affidavit may refer to and identify documents and other things which are part of the evidence-in-chief of a witness. These are referred to variously as annexures or exhibits. A neutral term used here for annexures and exhibits is 'attachment'. 2013, John Levingston, The Law of Affidavits, page 99:
   • In addition a comprehensive set of annexures had to be submitted with each application that included the following […] 2001, Case Studies on the Allocation of Transferable Quota Rights in Fisheries, number 411, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations:
   • This aspect of the publication appears in one of the annexures at the end of the lectures. 1989, Nagendra Singh, The Role and Record of the International Court of Justice, page xiv:
   • The reports of the seminars and their recommendations are included in the annexures of the book. The population data and other relevant information are also given in the annexures. 2006, Braja Bihārī Kumāra, Illegal Migration from Bangladesh, page xvii:

Forms

Synonyms

annexation · annex