The phrase "acquires the force of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to indicate that something gains significance, authority, or impact.
Example: "In legal terms, a verbal agreement can sometimes acquire the force of a written contract under certain conditions."
Alternatives: "gains the weight of" or "takes on the authority of".
In this way, the everyday grievances of the newsroom acquired the force of principle.
The usual ratio of wonder to banality in the adult mind is overturned, and such ideas acquire the force of revealed truth.
His latest, The Verdict (Sphere, £16.99), is a terrific legal thriller in which long-buried secrets acquire the force of deadly weapons.
The Didachē is not a unified and coherent work but a compilation of regulations that had acquired the force of law by usage in scattered Christian communities.
Thus, it was acknowledged that the rule might be 'changed by statute or usage of so great a length of time as to have acquired the force of law.' Id., at 10, 13 S.Ct. at 242.
Nobody could doubt Mr. Barak's commitment to peace, but he holds fast to the claim that has acquired the force of a mantra in Israeli politics: Jerusalem is the eternal and indivisible capital of the State of Israel.
Thanks to a potent combination of science, Hurricane Katrina, a heatwave in Europe, Al Gore's admonitions and starving polar bears, the fight against global warming has acquired the force of a religion enhanced by celebrity endorsement.
And as Mr Birt put it to me, "there is a tradition in Islam which says a local custom can acquire the force of law over time as long as it isn't sacrilegious.
"If this is how they torture China," a Weibo user, who said he was a college student from Chengdu, said, "we must retaliate in kind!" The humiliating brutality inflicted upon Dao is absurd, savage, and disturbing, but the speed at which it has acquired the force of a geopolitical parable about the Sino-American relationship should give one pause.
Justice and charity thereby acquire the force of civil law, backed by the power of the sovereign.
