Conqujerere

Lat. [from con, together, and qucerere, to seek or gain.] To acquire. In classical Latin, conquirers. CONQU^STOR. L. Lat. [from conquarere, q.v.] Conqueror. The title of William I. of England. 2 Bl Com. 243. See Conqueror, Conquest. CONQUiESTUS, Conquestus. L. Lat. [from conqucerere, q.v.] In feudal law. Acquisition or purchase; any means of acquiring an estate out of the course of inheritance; conquest. Craig, lib. 1, tit. 10, § 18. 2 Bt Com. 242. Id. 48. See Conquest The conquest of England by William I. A conquestu Anglice. Bract fol. 90, 200t 382. Ante conquestum, in conquestu et post; before the conquest, at the conquest, and after. Id. fol. 7.