appendant Meaning, Definition & Usage

Ap*pend"ant adjective

Etymology

F. appendant, p. pr. of appendre. See Append, v. t.

Definitions

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.

Ap*pend"ant noun

Definitions

1. Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it.
2. (Law) A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.