Ap*pend"ant , n.
1. Anything attached to another as
incidental or subordinate to it.
2. (Law) A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.
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.
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.
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