Appendant

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Appendant \Ap*pend"ant\, a. [F. appendant, p. pr. of appendre.
     See {Append}, v. t.]
     1. Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal
        appendant to a paper.
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              As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is
              but reasonable we should suffer the appendant
              calamity.                             --Jer. Taylor.
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     2. (Law) 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Appendant \Ap*pend"ant\, n.
     1. Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate
        to it.
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     2. (Law) A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior
        inheritance.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  appendant
       adj : affixed as an appendage