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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

To fix or fasten upon, to attach to, inscribe or impress upon, as a signature, a seal, a trade-mark.

Pen. Code N. Y. § 367.

To attach, add to, or fasten upon, permanently, as in the case of fixtures annexed to real estate. A thing is deemed to be affixed to land when it is attached to it by the roots, as in the case of trees, vines, or shrubs; or imbedded in it, as in the case of walls; or permanently resting upon it, as in the case of buildings; or permanently attached to what is thus permanent, as by means of cement, plaster, nails, bolts, or screws.

Civ. Code Cal. § 660; Civ. Code Mont. 1895, § 1076; McNally v. Connolly, 70 Cal. 3, 11 Pac. 320; Miller v. Wad-dingham (Cal.) 25 Pac. 688, ll L. RA. 510.