acquest

[uh-kwest]

ac·quest

[uh-kwest]
noun Law.
property acquired other than by inheritance, as by purchase or gift.

Origin:
1605–15; < obsolete French < Vulgar Latin *acquaesitum that which has been acquired, noun use of *acquaesitus (past participle of *acquaerere to acquire, alteration of Latin acquīrere to acquire)
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Acquest is always a great word to know.
So is injunction. Does it mean:
that which is provided or enacted in a statute, as distinguished from the preamble
a judicial process or order requiring the person or persons to whom it is directed to do a particular act or to refrain from doing a particular act
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