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Meaning of appendant

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

appendant

Pronunciation:/əˈpɛndənt/

noun

Definitions

  1. Anything attached to something else as incidental or subordinate to it.

  2. An inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Attached as an appendage

  2. Annexed; concomitant

    Example: a seal appendant to a paper

  3. 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.