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Pronunciation : Ap*pend"ant
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [F. appendant, p. pr. of appendre. See Append, v. t.]
Definition : 1. Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper. As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity. Jer. Taylor.

2. (Law)

Defn: Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house. Wharton. Coke.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Ap*pend"ant
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.

2. (Law)

Defn: A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.


Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913