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appurtenance
[ uh-pur-tn-uhns ]
/ əˈpɜr tn əns /
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noun
Law. a right, privilege, or improvement belonging to and passing with a principal property.
ap·pur·te·nan·ces, apparatus; instruments.
belonging, possession, relationship, or origin, or an affix that expresses this: The -i in Israeli is a suffix of appurtenance. The ethnic appurtenance of job applicants is private information.
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British Dictionary definitions for appurtenance
appurtenance
/ (əˈpɜːtɪnəns) /
noun
a secondary or less significant thing or part
(plural) accessories or equipment
property law a minor right, interest, or privilege which passes when the title to the principal property is transferred
Word Origin for appurtenance
C14: from Anglo-French apurtenance, from Old French apartenance, from apartenir to appertain
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