appendant
or ap·pend·ent
attached or suspended; annexed.
associated as an accompaniment or consequence: the salary appendant to a position.
Law. pertaining to a legal appendant.
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
1Other words from appendant
- ap·pend·ance, ap·pend·an·cy, ap·pend·ence, ap·pend·en·cy, noun
- non·ap·pend·ance, noun
- non·ap·pend·ant, adjective
- non·ap·pend·ence, noun
- non·ap·pend·ent, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for appendant
/ (əˈpɛndənt) /
attached, affixed, or added
attendant or associated as an accompaniment or result
a less common word for pendent
law relating to another right
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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