ANNEXATION
annexation,n.1. The act of attaching; the state of being attached. 2.Property. The point at
which a fixture becomes a part of the realty to which it is attached. [Cases: Fixtures 6.] 3. A
formal act by which a nation, state, or municipality incorporates land within its dominion. • In
international law, the usual formalities of announcing annexation involve having specially
commissioned officers hoist the national flag and read a proclamation. [Cases: Municipal
Corporations 29. C.J.S. Municipal Corporations §§ 45–46, 54.] 4. The annexed land itself. Cf.
ACCESSION (5). — annex,vb.
cherry-stem annexation. 1. Annexed land that resembles (on a map) a cherry because the
annexed territory — the cherry — is not contiguous to the acquiring municipality, and the narrow
corridor of annexed land leading to the targeted area resembles a stem. [Cases: Municipal
Corporations 29(4). C.J.S. Municipal Corporations §§ 48–51.] 2. The process of annexing land
with this configuration. [Blacks Law 8th]