appendant

or ap·pend·ent

[uh-pen-duh nt]

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.

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 formsap·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, nounnon·ap·pend·ent, adjective

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Examples from the Web for appendant

Historical Examples of appendant

Every inhabited island has its appendant and subordinate islets.
A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland
Samuel Johnson
This island is fertile, variegated with hill and dale, and equally beautiful as diversified with Rotti, and its appendant isles.
Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora
Edward Edwards
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
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

British Dictionary definitions for appendant

appendant

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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