conquest

n. victory, subjugation (of one's enemies)

Conquest may refer to: In history:Spanish conquest of YucatánConquest of North America by Spain's Hernando de SotoConquest of South America by Francisco Pizarro and Hernando de SotoNorman conquest of EnglandRight of conquest, a former principle of international law In film, music and television productions:Conquest (CBS), a CBS news program during the 1950sConquest (documentary), a documentary series that appeared on the History ChannelConquest (1937 film), a 1937 film starring Greta Garbo and Charles BoyerConquest (1983 film), directed by Lucio FulciConquest (album), a 1980 album by rock band Uriah HeepConquest (song), a Patti Page song, covered by the White StripesConquest (band), a Ukrainian Power Metal band. In gaming and game-related topics:Conquest, a strategy board game by Donald BengeDuell, a chess variant, called Conquest in the UKConquest (game), a turn-based game playable via IRCConquest (gametype), a gametype used in the Battlefield video game series, a real-time strategy computer game for the PC by Ubi SoftCivilization III: Conquests, an expansion for computer game Civilization IIIConquest LA, ConQuest SF, ConQuest SAC, and Conquest NW, gaming conventions in the western United StatesConQuest of Mythodea, a German LARP-Convention, which attracts several thousand players every year. Conquest may also refer to:Conquest, New York, a town located in Cayuga County, New YorkChrysler Conquest, a rebadged Mitsubishi Starion sports carConquest Airlines, a defunct commuter airlineRobert Conquest, a British historianCarnival Conquest, a cruise shipConQuest, a Catholic boys club, part of Regnum ChristiConquest, a Marvel Comics character
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Noun
1. the act of conquering
(synonym) conquering, subjection, subjugation
(hypernym) capture, gaining control, seizure
(hyponym) Norman Conquest
2. success in mastering something difficult; "the conquest of space"
(hypernym) success
3. an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone
(synonym) seduction
(hypernym) success
(hyponym) sexual conquest, score

(n.)
The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory.
  

(n.)
The act of gaining or regaining by successful struggle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace.
  

(n.)
The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition.
  

(n.)
That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.
  

Feudal Law. This term was used by the feudists to signify purchase.

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.

It is a general rule that where conquered countries have laws of their own, these laws remain in force after the conquest, until they are abrogated, unless they are contrary to our religion, or enact any malum in se. In all such cases the laws of the conquering country prevail; for it is not to be presumed that laws opposed to religion or sound morals could be sanctioned.

The conquest and military occupation of a part of the territory of the United States by a public enemy renders such conquered territory, during such occupation, a foreign country with respect to the revenue laws of the United States. The people of a conquered territory change their allegiance, but by the modern practice, their relations to each other and their rights of property remain the same.

Conquest does not, per se, give the conqueror plenum dominium et utile, but a temporary right of possession and government.

The right which the English government claimed over the territory now composing the United States was not founded on conquest, but discovery.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.