What is CONQUEST? Definition of CONQUEST in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
In feudal law. Conquest; acquisition by purchase; any method of acquiring the ownership of an estate other than by descent. Also an estate acquired otherwise than by inheritance.
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. Castillero v. U. S., 2 Black, 109, 17 L.Ed. 360; American Ins. Co. v. Canter, 1 Pet. 511, 7 L.Ed. 242.
In Scotch law. Purchase. Bell.
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