In the law of contracts and of descents; to become the owner of property ; to make property one’s own. Wulzen v. San Francisco, 101 Cal. 15, 35 Pac. 353, 40 Am. St. Rep. 17.
Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition
descents, contracts. To make property one’s own. 2. Title to property is acquired in two ways, by descent, and by purchase, Acquisition by purchase, is either by, 1. Escheat. 2. Occupancy. 3. Prescription. 4. Forfeiture. 5. Alienation, which is either by deed or by matter of record. Things which cannot be sold, cannot be acquired.