appendant

or ap·pend·ent

[ uh-pen-duhnt ]

adjective

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.

noun

1. a person or thing attached or added.
2. 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

/ əˈpɛndənt /

adjective

1. attached, affixed, or added
2. attendant or associated as an accompaniment or result
3. a less common word for pendent
4. law relating to another right

noun

1. a person or thing attached or added
2. 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 Words From

• ap·pendance ap·pendan·cy ap·pendence ap·penden·cy noun
• nonap·pendance noun
• nonap·pendant adjective
• nonap·pendence noun
• nonap·pendent adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of appendant¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English ap(p)endaunt, (in legal sense) from Anglo-French, present participle of apendre “to belong (to), befit,” from Medieval Latin appendēre, equivalent to Latin ap- ap- ¹ + pendēre “to hang” (intransitive); later senses by association with append

Example Sentences

As they have transmitted the benefit to us, it is but reasonable we should suffer the appendant calamity.

From Project Gutenberg

To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service.

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The buckles, &c. were likewise used by his descendants, in their great seals, as is evident from several of them appendant to old deeds.”

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What is called in later law common appendant, appears as the normal adjunct to the holding, that is, to a share in the system of village husbandry.

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—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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