Thesaurus: appendant

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1. v. t. Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper.
2. v. t. 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.
3. n. Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.
4. n. A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.
5. adj. affixed as an appendage
6. 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. 1. Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it. 2. (Law) A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.
7. Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for aconsiderable time; -- said of a thing of inheritance belonging toanother inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, anadvowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common offishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house. Wharton. Coke.
8. s. affixed as an appendage