acquire
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
Definitions from Case Law
From 415 U.S. 814 - Huddleston v. United States · 1974Most cited · 898 citing opinions
simply 'to come into possession, control, or power of disposal of.' Webster's New International Dictionary (3d ed., 1966, unabridged); United States v. Laisure, 460 F.2d 709 , 712 n. 3 (CA5 1972).
United States Code
12 U.S.C. § 1467A — as used in this section (9 versions over time)
The term “acquire” has the meaning given to such term in section 1823(f)(8) of this title.
12 U.S.C. § 1467A — in this section
For purposes of this subsection, the term “acquire” means to acquire, directly or indirectly, ownership or control through a merger or consolidation or an acquisition of assets or assumption of liabilities, provided that following such merger, consolidation, or acquisition, an acquiring insured depository institution may not own the shares of the acquired insured depository institution.
12 U.S.C. § 1823 — in this section
the term “acquire” means to acquire, directly or indirectly, ownership or control through—
(i) an acquisition of shares;
(ii) an acquisition of assets or assumption of liabilities;
(iii) a merger or consolidation; or
(iv) any similar transaction;
12 U.S.C. § 215C — for purposes of this section
For purposes of this section, the term “acquire” means to acquire, directly or indirectly, ownership or control through a merger or consolidation or an acquisition of assets or assumption of liabilities, provided that following such merger, consolidation, or acquisition, an acquiring insured depository institution may not own the shares of the acquired insured depository institution.
16 U.S.C. § 620E — in this section
The term “acquire” means to come into possession of, whether directly or indirectly, through a sale, trade, exchange, or other transaction, and the term “acquisition” means the act of acquiring.
26 U.S.C. § 45L — for purposes of this section
The term “acquire” includes purchase.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
(Lat. ad, for, and qv Merere, to seek). To make property one's own. It is regularly applied to a permanent acquisition. A man is said to obtain or procure a mere temporary acquisition.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
To gain in some a reasonable time, unless he has satisfactorily 1. 1. Accustomed. to farm. law. Persons without a feudal superior. law. An acre. v. Aero. law. A purchase. old English law. A purchase or bargaia; bought back. acatonr, I. fr.
In old English law. A measure of grrin, supposed to have been a Reason; occasion; cause; hurt. law. Malice, hate or hatred. of a party to an instrument by which behe acknowledges it to be his; the certifithe instrument has been so acknowledged. money: money paid by a copyhold tenant in new lord. fei: sometimes. \ q. v. Acoupes: accused. substantial knowledge, as of matters verified by law. Property newly acquired; property ac- Acquisition. law. Property acquired otherwise than by of property, as between husband and wife. passive assent with knowledge of the facts; an act done. Z. Z.
In old English law. An acquittance; from the obligation of a debt or contract; such a dischar'ge is effected; exemption or service;, v. Acquittance. Acquietancia the privilege of being free from suit and hundreds. Breve de, etc. -
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In the law of contracts and of descents; to become the owner of property; to make property one’s own.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
To obtain, procure: as, to acquire property, a domicil. Compare Hold, 6. Acquired. In the law of descent, includes lands that come to a person in any other way than by gift, devise, or descent, from an ancestor. After-acquired. Obtained after some event or transaction: as, property acquired after an adjudication in bankruptcy, or after a judgment has been entered. Acquisition. Procuring a thing — specifically, property; also, the property itself. See Inherit; Purchase, 2, 3. Original acquisition. When, at the moment, the thing is not another's, i. e., is acquired by first occupancy — by accession, intellectual labor, etc. Derivative acquisition. When the thing is obtained from another by his act or the act of the law; as in cases of gift, sale, forfeiture, succession, marriage, judgment, insolvency, intestacy. The property that a bankrupt acquires, after he has devoted all his possessions to the payment of his debts, is his individually. Where one makes a deed of land as owner and subsequently acquires an outstanding title, the acquisition enures to the grantee by estoppel. See under Covenant, 1. A judgment may not be a lien upon after-acquired land, unless specially made so, as by a scire facias or some analogous proceeding.