APPENDANT

appendant

Noun

  1. Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.
  2. An inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.

Adjective

  1. attached as an appendage
  2. annexed; concomitant
    a seal appendant to a paper
  3. Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house.


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