appurtenant
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of 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”); appurtenance
Example Sentences
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The second was the peril to the Chinese polity, the danger that China might become politically appurtenant to some foreign power of group of powers.
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That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant.
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A hundred court, especially in the west of England, was often appurtenant to the chief manor in the hundred, and passed with a grant of the manor without being expressly mentioned.
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Common appurtenant on the other hand is against common right, becoming appurtenant to land either by long user or by grant express or implied.
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Katheline received her black lord and his friend in the keet, which is the wash house and the bakery appurtenant to the main dwelling.
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