1. property acquired by purchase or gift rather than by inheritance
Usage: legal; archaic

Examples

• The lawyer distinguished between the heir’s inheritance and his acquest.
• All property obtained during marriage was considered acquest under the old law.
• The court needed to determine which assets were acquest versus inherited property.
• His acquest included the land he purchased with his own earnings.
• The will specified that only inherited property, not acquest, would pass to his children.