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.
As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is
but reasonable we should suffer the appendant
calamity. --Jer. Taylor.
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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