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appendant
[uh-pen-duhnt]
adjective
attached or suspended; annexed.
associated as an accompaniment or consequence.
the salary appendant to a position.
Law.pertaining to a legal appendant.
noun
a person or thing attached or added.
Law.any subordinate possession or right historically annexed to or dependent on a greater one and automatically passing with it, as by sale or inheritance.
appendant
/ əˈɛԻəԳ /
adjective
attached, affixed, or added
attendant or associated as an accompaniment or result
a less common word for pendent
law relating to another right
noun
a person or thing attached or added
property law a subordinate right or interest, esp in or over land, attached to a greater interest and automatically passing with the sale of the latter
Other Word Forms
- appendance noun
- appendancy noun
- appendence noun
- appendency noun
- nonappendance noun
- nonappendant adjective
- nonappendence noun
- nonappendent adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of appendant1
Example Sentences
As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity.
To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service.
The buckles, &c. were likewise used by his descendants, in their great seals, as is evident from several of them appendant to old deeds.”
However this may be, its constant occurrence forms another germ of a necessary contrast between the two classes which afterwards developed into common appendant and common appurtenant.
—Burgh or Borough-English is a custom appendant to ancient boroughs, such as existed in the days of Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror, and are contained in the Book of Domesday.
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