Meaning & use
Acquest
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Property or an estate acquired by a means other than inheritance, such as by purchase or gift.
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The estate included both ancestral land and acquests purchased during his lifetime.
Under some legal systems, acquests made during a marriage are divided differently from inherited property.
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Acquest is a legal term still used in some civil law jurisdictions, notably in family and property law, to distinguish acquired property from inherited estate.
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