acquisition

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)

Definitions from Case Law

From 313 U.S. 428 - Helvering v. Reynolds · 1941Most cited · 391 citing opinions

the test in this type of case is not whether respondent had full enjoyment of the property prior to the delivery of the securities to him but whether he earlier had acquired an interest which ultimately ripened into complete ownership

United States Code

10 U.S.C. § 2533B — in this section (6 versions over time)

The term “acquisition” has the meaning provided in section 131 of title 41.

10 U.S.C. § 3001 — in this part (2 versions over time)

In this part, the term “acquisition” has the meaning provided in section 131 of title 41.

12 U.S.C. § 1441A — under this section

The term “acquisition” means any transaction in which a savings association is acquired (as defined in section 1823(f)(8)(B) of this title).

12 U.S.C. § 1441A — under this section

The term “acquisition” means any transaction in which a savings association is acquired (as defined in section 1823(f)(8)(B) of this title).

22 U.S.C. § 4305 — for purposes of this section

For purposes of this section, “acquisition” includes any acquisition or alteration of, or addition to, any real property or any change in the purpose for which real property is used by a foreign mission.

31 U.S.C. § 1105 — in this section

the term “acquisition” includes the addition of land, sites, equipment, structures, facilities, or rolling stock by purchase, lease-purchase, trade, or donation; and

41 U.S.C. § 403 — as used in this chapter

The term “acquisition”—

(A) means the process of acquiring, with appropriated funds, by contract for purchase or lease, property or services (including construction) that support the missions and goals of an executive agency, from the point at which the requirements of the executive agency are established in consultation with the chief acquisition officer of the executive agency; and

(B) includes—

(i) the process of acquiring property or services that are already in existence, or that must be created, developed, demonstrated, and evaluated;

(ii) the description of requirements to satisfy agency needs;

(iii) solicitation and selection of sources;

(iv) award of contracts;

(v) contract performance;

(vi) contract financing;

(vii) management and measurement of contract performance through final delivery and payment; and

(viii) technical and management functions directly related to the process of fulfilling agency requirements by contract.

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The act by which a person procures the property of a thing. The thing the property in which is secured. Original acquisition is that by which a man secures a property in a thing which is not at the time he acquires it, and in its then existing condition, the property of any other individual. It may result from occupancy (1 Bouv. Inst, note 490; 2 Kent, Comm. 289), accession (1 Bouv. Inst, note 499; 2 Kent, Comm. 293), intellectual labor, — namely, for inventions, which are secured by patent rights, — and for the authorship of books, maps, and charts, which is protected by copyrights (1 Bouv. Inst, note 508). Derivative acquisition is that by which property is procured from others, either by act of law or by act of the parties. Goods and chattels may change owners by act of law in the cases of forfeiture, succession, marriage, judgment, insolvency, and intestacy, or by act of the parties, as by gift, will, or sale. power acting for him, as his children while minors. 1 N. H. 28. See Dig. 41. 1. 53; Inst. 2. 9. 3.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The act by which a person procures the property in a thing. The thing the property in which is secured. Original acquisition is that by which a man secures a property in a thing which is not at the time he acquires it, and in its then existing condition, the property of any other individual. It may result from occupancy; 2 Kent 289; accession; 2 Kent 293; intellectual labor — namely, for inventions, which are secured by patent rights; and for the authorship of books, maps, and charts, which is protected by copyrights; 1 Bouv. Inst. 508, n. Derivative acquisitions are those which are procured from others, either by act of law or by act of the parties. Goods and chattels may change owners by act of law in the cases of forfeiture, succession, marriage, judgment, insolvency, and intestacy; or by act of the parties, as by gift or sale. An acquisition may result from the act of the party himself, or those who are in his power acting for him, as his children while minors; Gale v. Parrot, 1 N. H. 28. See Dig. 41. 1. 53; Inst. 2. 9. 3.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The act of becoming the owner of certain property; the act by which one acquires or procures the property in anything. Used also of the thing acquired. Original acquisition is where the title to the thing accrues through occupancy or accession, (q. v.,) or by the creative labor of the individual, as in the case of patents and copyrights. Derivative acquisition is where property in a thing passes from one person to another. It may occur by the act of the law, as in cases of forfeiture, insolvency, intestacy, judgment, marriage, or succession, or by the act of the parties, as in cases of gift, sale, or exchange.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

The act of acquiring, i e. of gaining by some lawful mode; the thing acquired. Acquisition as an act is of two kinds, original and derivative; the first being of a thing not another's, as by accession or by intellectual labor, and the second being of a thing from another, as by gift, purchase and the like.