appendant

or ap·pend·ent

[ uh-pen-duh nt ]

/ əˈpɛn dənt /

adjective

attached or suspended; annexed.

associated as an accompaniment or consequence: the salary appendant to a position.

Law. pertaining to a legal appendant.

noun

a person or thing attached or added.

Law. any subordinate possession or right historically annexed to or dependent on a greater one and automatically passing with it, as by sale or inheritance.

Nearby words

appellor, append, appendage, appendages of eye, appendages of skin, appendant, appendectomy, appendiceal, appendiceal abscess, appendicectomy, appendicitis

Origin of appendant

1350–1400; Middle English ap(p)endaunt (in legal sense) < Anglo-French, present participle of apendre to belong (to), befit < Medieval Latin appendēre, equivalent to Latin ap- ap-¹ + pendēre to hang (intransitive); later senses by association with append

Related forms

ap·pend·ance, ap·pend·an·cy, ap·pend·ence, ap·pend·en·cy, nounnon·ap·pend·ance, nounnon·ap·pend·ant, adjectivenon·ap·pend·ence, noun

non·ap·pend·ent, adjective

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Examples from the Web for appendant

Was this right appurtenant to the manor, or was it also appendant to a frank tenement in a particular vill?
The Customs of Old England|F. J. Snell
Crown lands often included palaces and their appendant farms, and burhs.
Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed.|S. A. Reilly
I saw but one woman whose under lip was split and disfigured with an appendant ornament.
Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793|Alexander Mackenzie
An English river-fish of the carp family, distinguished by the four appendant beards, whence its name is derived.
The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth

And for this reason the laxer right had to conform to the stricter one, and came to be considered as appendant to it.
Villainage in England|Paul Vinogradoff

British Dictionary definitions for appendant

appendant

/ (əˈpɛndənt) /

adjective

attached, affixed, or added

attendant or associated as an accompaniment or result

a less common word for pendent

law relating to another right

noun

a person or thing attached or added

property law a subordinate right or interest, esp in or over land, attached to a greater interest and automatically passing with the sale of the latter

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