appurtenant

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English appurtenaunt, ap(p)pertenant, ap(p)ertenent, from Anglo-French, Old French appartenant, appertenant, from Late Latin appertinent- (stem of appertinēns, present participle of appertinēre “to belong to, appertain to”); see appurtenance

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How to use appurtenant in a sentence

Only pieces of land together with the appurtenant territorial waters are alienable parts of territory.
International Law. A Treatise. Volume I (of 2)|Lassa Francis Oppenheim
Waste land (it may be) is given in large quantities, but merely as appurtenant to the profitable core of the gift.
Domesday Book and Beyond|Frederic William Maitland
Common appendant, common appurtenant, common in gross, and common par cause de vicinage.
The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century|Richard Henry Tawney
Has any of your readers met with, or heard of the second short line, appendant and appurtenant to the first?
Notes & Queries, No. 39. Saturday, July 27, 1850|Various

Have the Dalbergs no ghost such as is appurtenant to all well-regulated royal families?
The Colonel of the Red Huzzars|John Reed Scott

British Dictionary definitions for appurtenant

appurtenant

/ (əˈpɜːtɪnənt) /

adjective

relating, belonging, or accessory

noun

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