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appendant |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Appendant \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Appendant \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: appendant adj : affixed as an appendage
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