appendant
/əˈpɛndənt/ adjective, noun
Forms appendants
- adjective Attached as an appendage.
- adjective Annexed; concomitant. “a seal appendant to a paper”
- adjective (law) 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.
- noun Anything attached to something else as incidental or subordinate to it.
- noun (law) An inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.
Etymology
From append + -ant.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper.
- adjective 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. Wharton. Coke.
- noun Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.
- noun A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.
Etymology [F. appendant, p. pr. of appendre. See Append, v. t.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “appendant”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details