Annex

To add to; to unite; to attach one thing permanently to another. ‘The word expresses the idea of joining a smaller or subordinate thing with another, larger, or of higher importance. In the law relating to fixtures, the expression ‘annexed to the freehold” means fastened to or connected with it; mere juxtaposition, or the laying of an object, however heayy, on the freehold, does not amount to annexation. 14 Cal. 64,

i To put in permanent connection with; to attach. As, to annex — a fixture to a freehold; a condition to an estate; a covenant to land; one writing to another, as, an exhibit to a petition or affidavit of claim; one town to another town.^ Figuratively, a penalty or punishment is said to be annexed to an act.^ Annex incidents. To show what things are customarily treated as incidental and accessorial to the principal thing.* Actual annexation. Such annexation as exists in point of fact; as, that of a fixture to a freehold. Constructive annexation. Exists in inference of law; as, that of a deed to land, that of a key to a house. A fixture is " annexed^ to the freehold " when fastened to or connected with it. Mere juxtaposition, or the laying of an object, however heai-y, on the freehold, does not amount to an annexation.* A deposition taken under a commission is. suffithe northern district of New York and by the United States Supreme Court. See also Twigg v. Eyland, 62 Md. 385-88 (1884), cases: 24 Am. Law Eeg. 191, 196-97, oases; Meracle v. Down, 64 Wis. 323 (1885); Laherty v. Hogan, 18 Daly, 533 (1886); State v. Donahue. N. J. L. (1887), cases: 10 Atl. Eep. 150; 26 Am. Law Eeg. 773-78 (1887), cases. "If an ox gore a manor a woman that they die.. and if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death." Exodus xxi 28,' 29. ■ F. annexer: L. annectere, to knit, tie, bind to; 2 100 U.S. 630; 74 Me. 180. s 1 Bl. Com. 415. ciently annexed or connected to the commission by the envelope and official seal.' Will annexed to letters. See Administer, 4. AM"NI; ANNO. See Annus.