Conqueror

In old English and Scotch law. Same as "conquereur." CONQUEST (Lat. conquiro, to seek for), In Feudal Law. Purchase; any means of obtaining an estate out of the usual course of inheritance. The estate itself so acquired. According to Blackstone and Sir Henry Spelman, the word in its original meaning was entirely dissociated from any connection with the modern idea of military subjugation, but was used solely in the sense of purchase. In International Law. The acquisition of the sovereignty of a country by force of arms, exercised by an independent power which reduces the vanquished to the submission of its empire.

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In old pleading. I complain. mihi injuste detinet — talem rem: I complain justly detains from me such a thing.

[L. Fr. conquereur; L. l Ai. conguastor, conqui8itor,f]i\\^ In old English law. The first purchaser of an estate; he who brought it into the family owninff it. 2 BL Com. 242, 243. Clearly formed from the L. Fr. conquereur^ (q.v.) According to Blackstone, William the Norman was called ** The Conqueror," to denote that he was the^ri^ of his family who acquired the crown of England. 2 BL Com. ub. sup. See Conquest.