appendant

appendant
appendance, appendancy, appendence, appendency, n.
/euh pen"deuhnt/, adj.
1. attached or suspended; annexed.
2. associated as an accompaniment or consequence: the salary appendant to a position.
3. Law. pertaining to a legal appendant.
n.
4. a person or thing attached or added.
5. 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.
Also, appendent.
[1350-1400; ME ap(p)endaunt (in legal sense) < AF, prp. of apendre to belong (to), befit < ML appendere, equiv. to L ap- AP-1 + pendere to hang (intransit.); later senses by assoc. with APPEND]

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  • 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. [1913 Webster] As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Appendant — Ap*pend ant, n. 1. Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • appendant — index appurtenance, attached (annexed), rider Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • appendant — appendant, ante (a ppan dan, dan t ) adj. Terme didactique. Qui est suspendu à. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Appendre …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • appendant — or appendent [ə pen′dənt] adj. [Fr, prp. of appendre, APPEND] 1. attached or added as an appendage 2. associated with as a consequence 3. Law belonging to as a subsidiary right n. 1. an appendage …   English World dictionary

  • appendant — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French apendaunt, present participle of apendre to belong, be subject, from Medieval Latin appendēre to be attached, belong to, from Latin, to be pending, from ad + pendēre to hang (intransitive… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • appendant — /əˈpɛndənt/ (say uh penduhnt) adjective 1. hanging to; annexed; attached. 2. associated as an accompaniment or consequence: the salary appendant to a position. 3. Law relating to a legal appendant. –noun 4. a person or thing attached or added. 5 …  

  • appendant — A thing annexed to or belonging to another thing and passing with it. Something added or attached. At common law, a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is more worthy; as an advowson, common, etc., which may be appendant… …   Black's law dictionary

  • appendant — A thing annexed to or belonging to another thing and passing with it. Something added or attached. At common law, a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is more worthy; as an advowson, common, etc., which may be appendant… …   Black's law dictionary

  • appendant — affixed affixed adj. 1. attached physically. Opposite of {unaffixed}. Note: Various more specific adjectives meaning affixed are: {appendant , {basifixed}, {fastened, secured}, {glued, pasted, stuck to(predicate) , {pegged down , {pinned, stapled …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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